Grants Awarded for Studies on Affordable Housing

Tuesday, January 26, 2010 03:56 AM

Quesnel, B.C. - Quesnel and Williams Lake are among 7 communities throughout B.C. to receive grants from CMHC.

In the case of both Quesnel and Williams Lake, the grants ( $5000 each) are for surveys to understand residents’ perceptions and concerns regarding secondary suites in order to determine the actions and conditions necessary to permit secondary suites.

The grants are awarded under CMHC’s Affordability and Choice Today (ACT) Initiative.

In operation since 1990, ACT provides grants of up to $5,000 to teams of municipalities and private or non-profit home builders who promote the improvement of planning and building regulations in their communities to make housing more affordable and responsive to local needs.

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Posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 03:56 AM in News by 250 News

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Comments

Posted by: Municca on January 26 2010 8:31 AM

This money should go to the homeless and not to ANOTHER USELESS STUDY! We know what the problem is for God sakes! ENOUGH ALREADY!

Posted by: Harbinger on January 26 2010 3:26 PM

For $5000 bucks you can buy a few shipping containers and make homes out of them. So I understand. But then again, we have zoning bylaws. Not so in Haiti I bet. They have zoning bylaws there? Let alone building codes? I thought not. Gimme $5000 bucks and I will "study" anything to death.