A missing piece of the funding puzzle for Project Tiny Hope was announced Wednesday morning at the newly transformed site on 21 Kains Street.
Peter Fragiskatos, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities and MP for London North Centre shared details of funding delivered through the Canada-Ontario Community Housing Initiative.
The project, led and managed by the YWCA St. Thomas-Elgin, will receive a combined investment of $2,494,960 from the federal and provincial governments to help build these 40 new supportive homes in our city.
Thanks to project partners Doug Tarry Homes and Sanctuary Homes, YWCA St. Thomas-Elgin will not only be providing more supportive housing but also wrap-around services focused on life stabilization, pathways to prosperity, economic security through education, skills training and employment.
The Canada-Ontario Community Housing Initiative provides funding to repair, regenerate and expand community housing so tenants can live in a home that is affordable.
Fragiskatos notes this funding will allow the 66 individuals who will reside at 21 Kains Street a second chance.
With much of the work still left to be done at the site of Project Tiny Hope, Lindsay Rice, Executive Director of YWCA St. Thomas-Elgin explains what has been undertaken so far.
Rice shared “On behalf of our Project Tiny Hope partners, we would like to extend our sincere gratitude to our federal and provincial governments for their contributions through the Canada-Ontario Community Housing Initiative Residual Funding. Their support of our innovative, energy efficient and deeply affordable housing community will make a huge difference in the lives of St. Thomas’ most vulnerable populations.”
Joining Rice and MP Fragiskatos for the announcement were Vijay Thanigasalam, Ontario Associate Minister of Housing, Elgin-Middlesex-London MP Karen Vecchio, Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Rob Flack, Doug Tarry, and Mayor Joe Preston among others.
Written by: K. Freeman
