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Mayor and Council December 13, 1974

FROM: Housing Committee

In September of this year the Mayor appointed an Ad hoc Housing Committee to
review. types of housing available and to study andrecommend alternatives to
Single family dwellings. The Committee was given'a number of ideas to investigate.

The Chairman, Alderman Mabbett and Members, Alderman Thompson and Alderman Traboulay,
met as a Committee on four separate occasions during the month of October and
November and at these meetings pursued the Committee's terms of reference with a
number of local contractors, a trailer park operator, and a local mobile home
manufacturer. This report will serve as an interin report from the Committee as

‘the Committee has been pursuing a number of worthwhile ideas. However, they require

further investigation before a definite plan of action can be recommended. One of
the initial recommendations of the Committee will therefore be that a Housing
Committee be appointed for 1975 to follow up on the work of the present Committee
and bring these ideas to a conclusion.

Scope of Report

The Committee was asked to investigate such things as the quality of building,

type of building, senior citizens housing, subsidized housing, etc. The Committee
has concluded that the particular area of housing that the City could become in-
volved in is the smaller type of house which could possibly be offered for sale at
something less than the $50,000. and $60,000. homes that are presently available in
the City. At one end of the scale the Provincial Government is actively engaged
in providing subsidized housing and there is no problem save that of mortgage or
market: conditions in encouraging the private sector to construct conventional

‘housing. The Committee therefore confined its investigations to the various alterna-

tives available in utilizing existing City owned land in an attempt to provide

cheaper housing.

Alternatives Investigated

The Committee reviewed the following aspects of housing:

‘1. Mobile Homes - The Committee has investigated the possibility of establishing

a mobile home park and just for discussion purposes the City owned property at
Wilson and Reeve Street was selected as a possible site. Servicing costs were
determined based on a proposed layout. It would appear that the City could

develop and service this site to produce an operation that would be self supporting.
The Committee's discussions with a trailer park operator indicate that there is

@ great demand for mobile home spaces and there would be no problem in finding

tenants.
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