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Newcomers are being offered some help when shopping for a home in Edmonton’s tight housing market.
$ k% O4 w+ l, h$ g' J8 z3 bImmigrant women and their families can now access a “household toolkit” crafted by a local service group for new immigrant families, through real estate agents. |3 s1 Z8 u I6 i' F! a
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In the tool kit are 75 common hand tools – like a hammer and screwdriver – as well a book on how to buy a home, a home maintenance schedule and other items.
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! ?# B0 k% S7 d- T( n5 O“The tools are a symbol of hope for people trying to build new lives in Edmonton,” said Madeline Sarafinchan, president of the Edmonton Real Estate Board. ! P# s! x I, M" X: O9 R( K, m d: j* q
7 T& U7 m' }% k* wThe program was announced by a group called Changing Together… A Centre for Immigrant Women. 9 b: n% ? `- [/ u
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6 N8 n) |$ W8 C* qJosephine Pallard, the group’s executive director, said Alberta’s economic boom has caused a housing shortage that makes it more difficult for immigrants to find a place to live and integrate into Canadian society. * ^1 S% A0 { m# @( g. ?5 L) d1 h6 `
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