Chemainus Residents Association

Category: Housing

  • Free Secondary suites workshop offered by CRA

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    A free workshop offered by the Chemainus Residents Association will take participants step by step through the process of planning and building a secondary suite. Secondary suites can be a win-win-win for homeowners, renters, and communities looking for ways to address the affordable housing crisis. So the Chemainus Residents Association—with funding from the Rotory Club…

  • Can we afford not to have Affordable Housing?

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    John Horn, executive director of the Cowichan Housing Association, said right off the top that $250,000 in operating funding and another $500,000 in capital funding budgeted by the Cowichan Valley Regional District to support affordable housing initiatives, doesn’t sound like a lot. “It’s not enough to buy much affordable housing, as you can imagine,” he…