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If we can get HGH to become a partner, there DPVMECFBMPUPGCFOFàUTv Hawkesbury Mayor Paula Assaly sug- gested that co-op housing might be a form of affordable housing that the study could explore. Planning for the study will include deter- mining how much it might cost, how to pay for it, and the process for hiring a consultant to do it. Millette noted that federal seed funding may be available from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) but that one of the conditions might be that the study focus on affordable housing and not any form of social housing. j8FBSFDPOàEFOUUIBUXFXPVMERVBMJGZ for the seed funding,» she told the Tribune &YQSFTT Millette’s department will begin the tender referral process for getting consultant bid proposals for the study. She expects to have a report ready for council by April or May, with a list of consultant candidates, their cost estimates, and funding options for the study.
housing as «the number one concern» for many residents and agencies in Prescott- Russell. All she needed from council was its consent and support to begin the planning process for an evaluation study. «I think this is an excellent idea,» said Mayor Mario Zanth of Clarence-Rockland. j8FIBWFPWFSQFPQMFPOUIF BGGPS - EBCMFIPVTJOH XBJUJOHMJTU8FIBWFUPàOE a solution.» Council gave unanimous support to Mil- lette to begin preparations work for the study. There was discussion about whether to limit the study’s focus to affordable housing. Mayor Pierre Leroux suggested a fourth option for the study to determine if the building could serve as a type of dormitory housing for medical students if Hawkesbury and District General Hospital (HGH) became a regional teaching hospital. «That way we could create a revenue stream for having students living there,» he said, «and we could use that revenue to help increase affordable housing in Prescott- 3VTTFMM8FLOPXXFIBWFBTIPSUBHFPGB lot of medical positions in Prescott-Russell.
L’ancien édifice de la Résidence de Prescott-Russell pourrait connaître une nouvelle vie après le déménagement des aînés dans le nouvel établissement de soins de longue durée en construction sur la rue Spence, près de la caserne de pompiers de Hawkesbury. Le conseil des Comtés unis de Prescott-Russell a donné son approbation au département régional des services sociaux pour qu’il rédige une proposition d’étude sur le potentiel de l’ancien bâtiment comme logement abordable. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
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Residence might have potential as an affor- dable housing project. She presented UCPR council during its February 9 committee of the whole session with a proposal for her department do a feasibility study on possible options for the building once its tenants have relocated to the new Residence. «This study,» she told council, «would evaluate Option 1, if a revamp of the exis- ting building would be feasible; Option 2, to demolish and rebuild; or Option 3, to sell it as is.» Millette reminded council that past stu- dies and surveys done for the UCPR on critical community issues listed affordable
As construction continues on the new Prescott-Russell Residence on Spence Street, plans are underway to decide what to do with existing building on Cartier Boulevard when it becomes vacant. «Honestly, we’ve been thinking about this for quite a few years,» said Sylvie Millette, social services director for the United Coun- ties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR), during a phone interview February 10. Millette thinks thepresent Prescott-Russell
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