{"id":7010,"date":"2024-04-01T16:35:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T19:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=7010"},"modified":"2024-04-01T16:35:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T19:35:44","slug":"liverpool-affordable-housing-project-could-start-construction-by-end-of-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2024\/04\/01\/liverpool-affordable-housing-project-could-start-construction-by-end-of-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool affordable housing project could start construction by end of year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A rendering of the Queens Neighbourhood Co-operative Housing development planned for Liverpool. (QNCH)<\/p><\/div>\n

An affordable housing development for Liverpool could break ground by this fall.<\/span><\/p>\n

Queens Neighbourhood Co-operative Housing is planning a 26-unit development off Lawrence Street that will include one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom units in two separate buildings.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s passive design, net zero-ready housing that will welcome tenants from all income groups.<\/span><\/p>\n

The group was formed as a result of consultations by the Queens Care Society, which identified transportation and housing as vital for Queens County\u2019s older population.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Region of Queens sold the land to the group for $1 and rezoned the area. It also committed $203,000 toward the project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Initially, the group expected to start construction this spring. But now they hope to break ground later this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earl Mielke, with Inclusive Homes Consulting, has been working with the Queens Neighbourhood Co-operative Housing board. He said Monday that there have been some delays in the initial work on design and preparation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But he said they\u2019re at the final stages of the design, and are working now with a cost consultant, before they make funding requests to the province and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. CMHC requires groups to use a cost consultant because it wants a good idea of the final project cost.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope to have our funding in place and a contractor hired, realistically late fall. Early fall, late fall, it all depends on how quickly the funders turn the funding over. And the availability of contracts is a big factor.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRealistically, we really hope to get something started there by the end of this year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He said the group expects the whole project to be in the $6-$7-million range, though that could change as the project progresses.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of it will depend on the funders. But what we\u2019re getting from the feds and the province, they\u2019re really anxious to get some wins for affordable housing. The initial discussions we\u2019ve had are very positive. We\u2019re seen as one of the more shovel-ready on this scale. Things are going well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Mielke said rent for the units will be based on a mixed-income approach. Rents will be at or below the median market rate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He said that could mean the highest rent would be about $1,200 a month. But he cautioned that that could change depending on final construction costs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA mix of incomes, the rents are all basically the same across the board. It\u2019s just a matter of what types of rent supplement or income testing assistance will be available. And a lot of that is negotiated with the province.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you have a single pensioner on old age pension, they can\u2019t afford $1,200 a month. So there will be units that will be designated for people on lesser incomes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Mielke says this is just the first of what the group hopes will be more affordable housing developments in other areas of Queens.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe intent is do this one, do it really well and then move into another neighbourhood. Initially, it was like 100 units over three years. Now it\u2019s more like 100 units over three to five years. \u2026 We\u2019re just looking at ways to … get more affordable housing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Email: rickconradqccr@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Listen to Monday’s news update below<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/april124newsupdatevoice.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An affordable housing development for Liverpool could break ground by this fall. Queens Neighbourhood Co-operative Housing is planning a 26-unit development off Lawrence Street that will include one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom units in two separate buildings. It\u2019s passive design, net zero-ready housing that will welcome tenants from all income groups. The group was formed as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[360,651,1270,1956,1955,39,1643,664,1047,24,1957],"class_list":["post-7010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-news","category-news-posts","tag-affordable-housing","tag-canada-mortgage-and-housing-corporation","tag-earl-mielke","tag-inclusive-home-consulting","tag-lawrence-street","tag-liverpool","tag-low-income","tag-queens-care-society","tag-queens-neighbourhood-cooperative-housing-ltd","tag-region-of-queens","tag-senior-housing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7013,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7010\/revisions\/7013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}