Dear Editor:
On behalf of the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation, and in order to provide correct information, we wish to make a clarification on a statement that appeared in your article “Housing crunch causing stress” published in The Aurora, August 17, 2010.
The article indicated that Hope Haven “… wasn’t able to secure the funding for 10 new affordable housing units, …”. We just wanted to clarify to the public that the maximum allowable funding had been offered and made available to Hope Haven through the federal/provincial Affordable Housing Program. We want to ensure there is no misinterpretation or misunderstanding of the statement printed in the article.
NL Housing was and is very supportive of this project, and in September 2007 approved $1 million for Hope Haven under the federal/provincial Affordable Housing Program, for supportive housing projects, as well as another $117,000 under the Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program (RRAP). Hope Haven indicated they were unable to obtain a contractor for this project.
In fact, because we truly wanted to see a project developed in Labrador West, in 2009, NL Housing went beyond the maximum provided to other groups, and offered an additional $500,000 in affordable housing funds to Hope Haven.
However, we were later advised by the Hope Haven board that they did not intend to proceed with the project.
We thank the Editor of The Aurora for the opportunity to make this clarification.
Sincerely,
Dennis Kendell
Executive Director
Regional Operations
Newfoundland Labrador Housing
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