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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, July 28, 2016 | 14 Single and semi-detached houses 60 per cent of all sales in Halton continued from p.1 The report defines affordable housing as that with a market price or rent affordable to households of low and moderate income, consuming no more than 30 per cent of the household income with sufficient income remaining to meet other daily living needs without government assistance. Although Halton met the 30 per new house sales and assisted units fallcent affordability target for the third ing within the parameters, single and year in a row, with 32.4 per cent of semi-detached house sales continue to have a "significant impact on the average house prices in Halton," according to the report. "Single and semi-detached houses (new and re-sale combined) sold for $748,317 (up 8.9 per cent) and represented 60 per cent of all sales in Halton." The average price of all sales in 2015 was $614,554 (up 7.6 per cent over 2014). The average re-sale price was $794,540 in Oakville, $549,547 in Fri Sat Burlington, $535,077 in Halton Hills and $531,540 in Milton. Area C & D However, the report also states 95.8 Collection moves per cent of all affordable new and resale housing were apartments and 5 6 townhouses -- about 40 per cent of the 12,739 new and re-sale houses sold in Halton in 2015. Find your waste collection day at The majority of new housing sales halton.ca/wastecalendar in Halton -- 99.5 per cent -- are townhouses and apartments, indicating a link between higher density housing Sign up for weekly email, Twitter or and affordability, the report continued. phone call waste collection reminders. It also highlights rental housing as an important source of affordable Download your waste collection housing for many Halton residents. calendar to your personal iCal, "The 2011 National Household SurGoogle calendar or Microsoft Outlook vey indicates there are 30,340 renter calendar. households in Halton (17 per cent of all households). More than half are living in purpose-built rental apartments Print your own collection calendar. and townhouse units... the remainder consists of households living in single and semi-detached units, including secondary-suite occupancies, townhouses, condominium rental apartments and other rental arrangements," Halton Waste it states. see Halton on p.19 Management Site Oakville Civic Holiday Household Waste Collection Notice Please note collection day changes: Mon Tues Area A & B Collection moves Wed Thurs Civic Holiday August 1 2 3 4 Due to the Civic Holiday, household waste collection services for the week of August 1 will take place the day after your regular collection day. Please place your waste at the curb by 7 a.m. on your scheduled holiday collection day. Summer BBQ Tips When hosting a summer barbeque, using reusable cups is always best. If you choose to use disposable cups, purchase cups that can be recycled or composted. Please do not stack plastic cups in the Blue Box or paper cups in the Green Cart-- stacking makes the cups too difficult to process. Blue Box · Clear plastic cups · Coloured plastic cups Items for Green Cart · Paper cups Items for Garbage · Styrofoam cups · Corn-based "compostable"plastic cups Items for will be closed on Monday, August 1, 2016 CONCRETE Regular operating hours: Open Monday to Saturday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 5400 Regional Road 25, Milton Enjoy a safe long weekend in Halton As you relax and explore beautiful Halton this Civic Holiday long weekend, please remember to be safe on the roads, at the beach and in your own backyard. Halton Region is committed to community safety and we can all work together to keep Halton safe and healthy this summer. As you enjoy the summer weather, please remember to make safe choices and practise safe behaviours so we can all enjoy a great summer in our community. As always, our essential and 24-hour services remain available over the long weekend. To learn more, please visit halton.ca or dial 311. Meetings at Halton Region, 1151 Bronte Rd., Oakville, L6M 3L1 Visit halton.ca/meetings for full schedule. EXPOSED AGGREGATE (Pebble) · DRIVEWAYS · STEPS · FRENCH CURBS · WALKWAYS · PATIOS · GARAGE FLOORS Gary Carr Regional Chair No Regional Council or Standing Committee meetings remaining in July or August. August 1 Offices closed for Civic Holiday uality At Its Best! Call Fernando Please contact us, as soon as possible, if you have any accessibility needs at Halton Region events or meetings. 280716 905-844-5518 1-888-944-5518 www.concretetrimmings.com FREE ESTIMATES