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Edmonton plans thousands of affordable homes

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发表于 2007-6-20 11:16 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonto ... /20/housing-ed.html
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Edmonton plans thousands of affordable homes8 W) e% l; p5 F& X+ _/ o( V1 W9 c
Last Updated: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 | 11:02 AM MT & K* z/ z. T0 o: }4 n
CBC News
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An ambitious city plan to build almost 4,000 new units of affordable housing in Edmonton over the next three years is welcome news for an advocate for the poor.
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Cam McDonald, a spokesman with the YMCA, said demand is brisk these days for the organization's simple accommodations, which have become home to hundreds of people.
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7 C' o# F( b* b( E  n3 g! [9 qThe $170 million project, approved Tuesday by city council, could lighten that load by providing everything from new apartment units to basement suites and mobile homes, he said. 6 L% d8 D' o# g0 E. H& [
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"I'm hoping that we can really start adding to the affordable housing, transition housing and supportive housing infrastructure in our community," he said.
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In the past, most people stayed at the YMCA for a few days or weeks until they could get established. Now they remain for months.) P: a) ?! z, ~4 A6 j  \1 E

% a, y/ S$ h( u4 W"I did find a job within the first couple of days, but it's very difficult to find a place to live," said Darlene LePage, who moved from Montreal with her daughter to make a better life in boom-time Alberta.  i- e7 b+ s1 }! @) _. \
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City officials hope some of the new affordable housing units will be ready in as soon as 18 months.! \2 G8 V( Y3 t: H) R3 V/ ^5 M" n8 w
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But McDonald said the work will have to continue for five or even 10 years if Edmonton is going to meet the needs of those who can't find affordable housing.1 {& _& G9 R' w: ^

0 z$ @7 x- `& z4 g' A' a"It's going to take time — this is not an overnight solution by any means — but I think we are making good progress."
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发表于 2007-6-20 11:39 | 显示全部楼层
demand still more than supply
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 楼主| 发表于 2007-6-20 12:07 | 显示全部楼层
原帖由 BaiLing 于 2007-6-20 12:39 发表 0 N( n7 L- d" N0 O
demand still more than supply

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7 C8 _* o& i8 {# |  x: m$ KYou are right, it is just to help some extremely hopeless homeless people. I believe not many of us want to live in that kind of "affordable houses" and neighbourhood.
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发表于 2007-6-20 13:24 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
原帖由 音响神仙鱼 于 2007-6-20 12:16 发表 " `5 ~/ i" D: v/ r/ J- Z' H
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonto ... /20/housing-ed.html
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  I6 A! b; @5 N) D6 \" z( h0 NEdmonton plans thousands of affordable homes9 m0 ~, J5 V: m4 K
Last Updated: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 | 11:02 AM MT 5 T1 d- A3 o6 ?' ~8 F, y
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An ambitiou ...

' j5 I( i2 o* g: N1 `If you look at the waiting list then you will not be happy at all.
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发表于 2007-6-20 13:34 | 显示全部楼层
4000个units 到2010年完成. 也就是说一年1000多个. 而且注意," providing everything from new apartment units to basement suites and mobile homes," "is welcome news for an advocate for the poor"............................好象很多是为homeless or poor准备的.
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可以断定: 这项目对中国新老移民没有很大帮助, 只是隔壁家里开饭, 让你闻闻香而已.
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 楼主| 发表于 2007-6-20 13:55 | 显示全部楼层
原帖由 dgg 于 2007-6-20 14:34 发表 " M) G( j0 u# ?+ m3 c/ N' A* i3 b4 t
4000个units 到2010年完成. 也就是说一年1000多个. 而且注意," providing everything from new apartment units to basement suites and mobile homes," "is welcome news for an advocate for the poor"...... ...

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- w1 ~. B' }! E0 M2 fsurely it's not for most of us. how smart our government is!
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发表于 2007-6-20 15:45 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
原帖由 dgg 于 2007-6-20 14:34 发表
4 U  w" E: a& K6 ~) O' t4000个units 到2010年完成. 也就是说一年1000多个. 而且注意," providing everything from new apartment units to basement suites and mobile homes," "is welcome news for an advocate for the poor"...... ...

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/ T  ^  K& ]0 `2 ?+ B: R7 j我们大多数是按照技术移民被接纳的,这就意味着政府认为你在这个国家能自食其力,自己生存。廉价房屋当然没有考虑咱们的需要啦。
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