Capital Regional District rejects affordable-housing proposal

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The CRD has decided not to fund an affordable housing proposal on Douglas St.

Subsidizing rents in a converted motel on Douglas Street does not translate into new affordable housing, Capital Regional District directors have decided. Despite being recommended for approval by CRD staff and the Regional Housing Trust Commission, the directors unanimously rejected Mike Kelly’s application for a $460,000 affordable-housing grant for his converted motel project on Douglas Street.

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Source: Times Colonist