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Newcomers are being offered some help when shopping for a home in Edmonton’s tight housing market.
: h$ x% ~% t, i* Y- jImmigrant women and their families can now access a “household toolkit” crafted by a local service group for new immigrant families, through real estate agents. 9 `9 \1 u% F; q4 |
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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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“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. + o1 @9 H/ }: F' v( Z
/ n$ ]; W& D" g9 O2 VThe program was announced by a group called Changing Together… A Centre for Immigrant Women.
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+ Z! Q' w; l; W# E# d( hJosephine 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.
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