Hamilton City Councillor Donna Skelly Digs Up Olivia Chow & Jack Layton Affordable Housing Claim скачать в хорошем качестве

Hamilton City Councillor Donna Skelly Digs Up Olivia Chow & Jack Layton Affordable Housing Claim

Hamilton City Councillor Donna Skelly dug up the old claim that Olivia Chow and her husband, the late Jack Layton, were living in subsidized housing in 1990 while Layton was a member of Toronto City Council and Chow a School Board Trustee Hamilton City Councillors often use questions of staff to lead and posturing in favour of their political positions. Skelly was positioning against using inclusionary zoning in the redevelopment of City owned lands at Piers 7 & 8 on Hamilton's West Harbour. What started as a line of questioning on criteria of affordable and subsidized housing, and how it is ensured people who need housing supports, turned into criticism of the idea of applying inclusionary zoning on Piers 7 & 8 where the City plans to sell land for a up to 1,531 new housing units. It was at this point which Skelly, a two-time provincial Progressive Conservative candidate, brought the 25-year old claim about Chow and Layton into the debate. "If the City does include, does more forward to include, affordable housing at the waterfront, that will be some of the most sought after real estate and rental units in the City of Hamilton. How can we ensure that people who are applying, and can we actually prevent people who have a, is there anyway of actually determining who can actually access those units for 20 to 30 per cent of the going rate. Again, from my understanding is that you can't prevent anyone from using those, renting those units. I'll go back to the example of Olivia Chow and Jack Layton using affordable housing units. How can you prevent anybody in the prime piece of real estate in the City of Hamilton renting that clearly don't fall or aren't in need of social or affordable housing?"