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The Ontario government has earmarked $550,000 to purchase and renovate four homes to help Indigenous women and children leave abusive situations.
Sault Ste. Marie MPP Ross Romano made the announcement Friday on behalf of Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark.
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Four houses have been purchased and renovated through the Social Services Relief Fund to create the new affordable homes to help Indigenous women and their children leave the cycle of violence.
Two of the homes are in the east end of Sault Ste. Marie, and two are in the west end. All are single-family dwellings.
Four new homes provide housing for Indigenous women, children
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Four new homes provide housing for Indigenous women, children
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The Town of Cochrane provided time during their last council meeting to discuss the presentation from the Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services (OAHS) regarding the two phases of a proposed project.
The recommendation of the staff was to not give Project 2 any further consideration as a proposal. It asked that the town donate land, provide site servicing and road connections for a second one and two bedroom unit facility.
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Staff also recommended that a professional land use planner be retained, to facilitate the pre-consultation process and the site plan application if a complete application is received for Project 1 which is a 10 single bedroom unit complex to be build at 25, Eighth Avenue.