FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK--(Marketwire - April 13, 2012) - The official opening of twelve new affordable rental housing units for persons with disabilities was held today in Fredericton. The project received more than $1.4 million in funding from the federal and provincial governments.
The Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, Member of Parliament for Fredericton and Minister Responsible for New Brunswick, on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and Minister Responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), and the Honourable Sue Stultz, New Brunswick Minister of Social Development and Minister Responsible for Housing, made the announcement.
"Our Government is dedicated to giving a hand-up to those in need in New Brunswick through these tough economic times," said Minister Ashfield. "Through projects like these, we are providing safe affordable housing to residents in our community, including seniors and families, while also creating jobs and stimulating our economy."
"With the opening of these new units, we are enhancing the quality of life of New Brunswickers and their families by investing in safe and affordable housing," said Social Development Minister Sue Stultz, who is also minister responsible for Seniors, Housing and Community Non-Profit Organizations. "Our government will continue to work to ensure that affordable housing is available for the long term and focused on the needs of New Brunswickers."
It was also announced at today's ceremony that more than 2350 units located across New Brunswick have received more than $ 37 million in federal and provincial funding under three different initiatives: Canada's Economic Action Plan, the 2009 Extension of the Canada - New Brunswick Affordable Housing Initiative and the Affordable Housing Trust.
The Government of Canada wants to ensure that Canadians on fixed incomes can live with independence and dignity and remain in their communities, close to family and friends. Canada's Economic Action Plan provided $475 million, over two years, to build new rental housing for low-income seniors and persons with disabilities. Overall, the Economic Action Plan included $2 billion for the construction of new and the renovation of existing social housing, plus $2 billion in low-cost loans to municipalities for housing-related infrastructure.
The Government of Canada, through CMHC, will invest more than $2 billion in housing this year. Of this amount, $1.7 billion will be spent in support of almost 615,000 households living in existing social housing. In New-Brunswick, this represents some 16,200 households. These investments are improving the quality of life for low-income Canadians and households living in existing social housing, including individuals who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness, seniors, persons with disabilities, recent immigrants and Aboriginal people.
To find out more about how the Government of Canada and CMHC are working to build stronger homes and communities for all Canadians, call CMHC at 1-800-668-2642 or visit www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca.
Backgrounder
The housing projects that will receive contributions are:
| Moncton |
| Project Name | Funded Units | Total Federal/Provincial Funding ($) |
| R.C.L. Developments Ltd. (Seniors) | 28 | $3,370,339.65 |
| Domaine Centre-Ville Dieppe Inc. | 24 | $2,943,839.45 |
| Downtown City Housing Inc. | 47 | $250,000.00 |
| Foyer Saint-Thomas de la Vallée | 22 | $71,500.00 |
| Lakeview Tower Inc. | 75 | $1,200,000.00 |
| Résidence Notre Dame de Lorette Residence Inc. | 10 | $140,000.00 |
| Résidence Hon. Joseph E. LeBlanc | 75 | $176,000.00 |
| Foyer Ste. Anne Inc | 20 | $30,000.00 |
| Résidence Ste-Thérèse | 36 | $85,000.00 |
| Appartements Barachois Inc. | 10 | $225,000.00 |
| RNH - Acadia Siding | 1 | $7,900.00 |
| RNH - Balla Phillip | 1 | $1,200.00 |
| RNH - Bouctouche | 3 | $9,995.00 |
| RNH - Coal Branch | 1 | $3,100.00 |
| RNH - Port Elgin | 1 | $6,975.00 |
| RNH - Richibouctou | 5 | $31,520.00 |
| RNH - Richibuctou Village | 1 | $6,100.00 |
| RNH - Salisbury | 3 | $13,725.00 |
| RNH - Harcourt | 1 | $4,000.00 |
| RNH - Lute's Mountain | 1 | $8,600.00 |
| RNH - Bathurst | 1 | $27,500.00 |
| RNH - Nigadoo | 2 | $13,800.00 |
| RNH - North Tetagouche | 1 | $19,000.00 |
| RNH - Petit Rocher | 5 | $21,950.00 |
| RNH - Pointe Verte | 1 | $13,000.00 |
| RNH - Pokeshaw | 1 | $24,500.00 |
| RNH - South Tetagouche | 1 | $29,800.00 |
| RNH - Ste-Anne | 1 | $29,500.00 |
| RNH - Belledune | 5 | $5,274.34 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 063 | 29 | $52,680.00 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 097 | 10 | $104,421.68 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 114 | 60 | $76,080.00 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 058 | 20 | $67,535.00 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 142 | 10 | $32,580.00 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 071 | 50 | $9,277.97 |
| Moncton Community Residences Inc | 4 | $483,885 |
| Total | 566 | $9,595,578.09 |
| Saint John |
| Project Name | Funded Units | Total Federal/Provincial Funding ($) |
| Admiral Beaty | 113 | $1,500,000.00 |
| Western Kings Kiwanis Lodge Inc. | 30 | $175,000.00 |
| Carleton Kirk Complex Inc. | 75 | $306,899.00 |
| Loch Lomond Villa | 97 | $2,500,000.00 |
| Brunswick Tower | 96 | $537,859.92 |
| Crown Street | 30 | $592,777.83 |
| Inverness Place | 12 | $45,307.00 |
| Lauder Court | 12 | $26,739.00 |
| Market Square | 79 | $5,541,508.55 |
| Inglewood | 5 | $126,000.00 |
| Stevenson Tower | 100 | $930,091.24 |
| RNH - Apohaqui | 2 | $2,400.00 |
| RNH - Bocabec | 1 | $10,100.00 |
| RNH - Cambridge Narrows | 1 | $5,975.00 |
| RNH - Canoose | 1 | $7,670.00 |
| RNH - Central Greenwich | 1 | $5,505.62 |
| RNH - Drury's Cove | 1 | $19,310.00 |
| RNH - Grand Manan | 4 | $28,742.73 |
| RNH - Honeydale | 1 | $6,980.00 |
| RNH - Lakeside | 2 | $14,975.00 |
| RNH - Nerepis | 2 | $20,900.00 |
| RNH - Rowley | 3 | $8,850.00 |
| RNH - Second Falls | 1 | $4,600.00 |
| RNH - Seeley's Cove | 2 | $6,000.00 |
| RNH - St. George | 1 | $3,300.00 |
| RNH - Sussex Corner | 1 | $4,750.00 |
| RNH - Upham | 1 | $23,700.00 |
| RNH - Welshpool | 1 | $17,300.00 |
| RNH - Westfield | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| RNH - Willow Grove | 5 | $16,800.00 |
| RNH - Lakeside | 2 | $8,381.00 |
| RNH - Salt Springs | 1 | $6,800.00 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 054 | 1 | $33,546.00 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 117 | 30 | $91,653.82 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 129 | 10 | $896.91 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 069 | 12 | $389.76 |
| Jenny's Spring Housing Co-operatve Ltd | 12 | $1,451,655 |
| Saint John Non-Profit Housing Holly | 6 | $725,828 |
| Total | 755 | $14,814,191.38 |
| Fredericton |
| Project Name | Funded Units | Total Federal/Provincial Funding ($) |
| Tannery Court Co-Operative III (Seniors) | 18 | $3,433,329.26 |
| York Developments Inc. | 12 | $1,428,453.58 |
| Eastwood Housing Co-operative Ltd. | 16 | $225,000.00 |
| Charles Street | 3 | $42,000.00 |
| Irvine Street | 5 | $128,708.00 |
| Evelyn Grove | 86 | $395,457.57 |
| Forest Hill Road | 15 | $46,550.00 |
| McKeen Street | 1 | $50,300.00 |
| RNH - Astle | 1 | $39,578.76 |
| RNH - Beaver Dam | 1 | $26,000.00 |
| RNH - Boisetown | 1 | $6,400.00 |
| RNH - Burton | 1 | $4,500.00 |
| RNH - Durham Bridge | 2 | $16,575.00 |
| RNH - Gagetown | 1 | $4,500.00 |
| RNH - Geary | 1 | $6,800.00 |
| RNH - Harvey | 1 | $3,800.00 |
| RNH - Holmesville | 1 | $19,500.00 |
| RNH - Keswick Ridge | 2 | $17,500.00 |
| RNH - Kingsley | 1 | $6,425.00 |
| RNH - Nackawic | 2 | $35,389.87 |
| RNH - Newburg | 1 | $24,700.00 |
| RNH - Oakland | 1 | $19,713.00 |
| RNH - Perth-Andover | 3 | $26,520.00 |
| RNH - Plaster Rock | 1 | $5,200.00 |
| RNH - Rosedale | 1 | $9,750.00 |
| RNH - Stanley | 1 | $30,000.00 |
| RNH - Taymouth | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| RNH - Upper Kent | 1 | $18,700.00 |
| RNH - Upper Tracy | 1 | $16,200.00 |
| RNH - Williamstown | 1 | $12,800.00 |
| RNH - Wuhr's Beach | 1 | $1,300.00 |
| RNH - Zealand | 1 | $16,450.00 |
| RNH - Cumberland Bay | 1 | $7,200.00 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 164 | 15 | $46,121.00 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 072 | 30 | $9,725.00 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 145 | 10 | $15,115.00 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 163 | 10 | $297,616.00 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 079 | 10 | $68,199.42 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 100 | 10 | $58,960.00 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 124 | 20 | $56,846.00 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 165 | 15 | $37,935.00 |
| Eric Price Project | 4 | $486,319 |
| Total | 310 | $7,207,136.46 |
| Edmundston |
| Project Name | Funded Units | Total Federal/Provincial Funding ($) |
| Enterprise Les 3J Inc. (Seniors) | 12 | $1,439,063.23 |
| RNH - Clair | 2 | $7,501.35 |
| RNH - Drummond | 1 | $2,499.00 |
| RNH - Edmundston | 1 | $4,891.99 |
| RNH - Lac Baker | 2 | $9,303.00 |
| RNH - Rivière-Verte | 1 | $1,375.00 |
| RNH - St-André | 4 | $23,726.66 |
| RNH - Ste-Anne | 2 | $5,596.47 |
| RNH - St-Jacques | 1 | $4,575.00 |
| RNH - St-Joseph | 1 | $12,360.00 |
| RNH - St-Léonard | 4 | $45,472.32 |
| RNH - Verret | 1 | $3,159.38 |
| RNH - Clair | 1 | $770.32 |
| RNH - St-Hilaire | 1 | $2,384.10 |
| RNH - St-Léonard | 1 | $1,117.80 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 051 | 10 | $42,420.18 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 004A | 10 | $59,413.54 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 009 | 10 | $47,313.39 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 013 | 10 | $4,819.95 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 032 | 10 | $6,187.13 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 092 | 10 | $11,956.20 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 119 | 10 | $4,837.85 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 018 | 39 | $30,850.00 |
| François Cyr | 1 | $121,047 |
| Total | 145 | $1,892,640.86 |
| Miramichi |
| Project Name | Funded Units | Total Federal/Provincial Funding ($) |
| Dolan Avenue | 18 | $13,877.00 |
| RNH - Millerton | 1 | $24,045.00 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 093 | 22 | $173,228.67 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 162 | 10 | $33,000.00 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 007 | 42 | $40,500.00 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 135 | 20 | $41,553.22 |
| Total | 113 | $326,203.89 |
| Acadian Peninsula |
| Project Name | Funded Units | Total Federal/Provincial Funding ($) |
| Habitations Père Raymond Inc. | 10 | $250,000.00 |
| L'Association du Manoir Bellefeuille Inc. | 10 | $194,400.00 |
| Les Résidences St-Léolin Inc. | 10 | $250,000.00 |
| Habitat du Havre inc. | 30 | $250,000.00 |
| Logements de la Dune | 2 | $182,000.00 |
| Résidence Léonce Marsoliau de Bertrand | 2 | $200,000.00 |
| RNH - Bas-Caraquet | 1 | $22,054.34 |
| RNH - Grande Anse | 3 | $60,677.69 |
| RNH - Lamèque | 1 | $3,400.00 |
| RNH - Le Goulet | 1 | $29,999.43 |
| RNH - St-Simon | 1 | $17,690.00 |
| RNH - Tilley Road | 2 | $49,714.92 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 065 | 16 | $38,478.23 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 017 | 15 | $43,500.00 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 019 | 15 | $23,884.96 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 081 | 18 | $37,000.00 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 074 | 20 | $30,582.00 |
| Total | 157.00 | $1,683,381.57 |
| Restigouche |
| Project Name | Funded Units | Total Federal/Provincial Funding ($) |
| RNH - Atholville | 1 | $7,500.00 |
| RNH - Belledune | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| RNH - Charlo | 3 | $20,212.39 |
| RNH - Jacquet River | 1 | $2,300.88 |
| RNH - Kedgwick | 2 | $ 27,687.96 |
| RNH - Lorne | 1 | $14,336.28 |
| RNH - Nash Creek | 3 | $3,982.31 |
| RNH - St-Quentin | 7 | $24,591.37 |
| RNH - Val D'Amour | 3 | $13,680.52 |
| RNH - White Brook | 1 | $3,761.06 |
| RNH - Lorne | 3 | $25,840.70 |
| RNH - Nash Creek | 1 | $4,601.77 |
| RNH - St-Quentin | 2 | $1,592.92 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 115 | 8 | $191,954.67 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 024 | 10 | $195,092.86 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 150 | 10 | $308,968.02 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 089 | 18 | $100,558.32 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 068 | 19 | $108,743.00 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 067 | 10 | $342.32 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 109 | 20 | $613.01 |
| Total | 124 | $1,057,360.36 |
| Chaleur |
| Project Name | Funded Units | Total Federal/Provincial Funding ($) |
| RNH - Allardville | 1 | $5,950.00 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 082 | 40 | $20,594.39 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 011 | 140 | $645,283.00 |
| NB Gov't - DSD 131 | 16 | $725.34 |
| Total | 197 | $672,552.73 |
Contact Information:
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
506-851-2229
Mark Barbour
Communications, Department of Social Development
506-444-3730
Alyson Queen
Office of Minister Finley
819-994-2482