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7 â€"â€"_. l 0 - WM ”(UM CHRONICLE 0 Wednesday. lune J. it!” Region’s low vacancy rates .211) A2 root cause of homelessness I (l ‘ . ' '. i, y, . ' : ‘ _ . By SKELMMDONAID beds and iiiereases iii the rent reeession makes it hard ,, (litigate Stu/17 minimum wage to lind financing tor t on ; lint as l onttntiiitttes strtit'lloii projects especial ow Hitting rates are one across the region t‘Unltllllt‘ ly when they lll\‘tll\t‘ rental I of the biggest lactors to grow. the number of tiiitts. ectinghotnelessriess in rental tiiiits has stalled lt iinant'iiig l an lie the region. according toaloeiil llllllt. estimates that the secured, the development organization. total number of privzitely- and site plan processes oi The Housing and Home owned apartments has only local municipalities only lesstiess Umbrella (iroup grown by [5 utiits across the add costs. McNahh said. ATUR DAY JU N E GT” 1 2PM released its annual home- whole region. “Soft costs are growing lessness report card last exponentially." he said week and highlighted the "We have 710! Developers are required to importance of increasing the pay for a number of studies. , supply of rental units across made (I great including traffic and shadow ‘ Waterloo region. gain, but it’s a impact reports. ‘.- .._ On this year's report card, . McNabh has a simple . “HUG upgraded the gal" nonetheless. solution to increase the _ . , region's grade to a 8-, up We must all keep housing supply in Waterloo - . . fromaClastyear, region v make it easier to â€" ‘ . .. Despite the increase. an eye on the road build. I - . there is still plenty of room ahead." "If it was easy, more, peo- - ' l ‘ 4 to improve â€" and some ple would build." he said. - ’ -: . - aspects to worry about, said - Pam“ 09min“ While there are still housr ‘ ‘ . 4 l .. Patrick Germann. Chair of WHO/”HUG ing difficulties in the region, ‘ - A ‘ i l - _ ”HUG. the community shouldn't l "' I - ‘ “We have not made a That low supply drives up look past the progress that's y a 2 great gain. but it's a gain rent prices and makes hous- been made, said regional E nonetheless.” he said. “We ing unaffordable for the chair Ken Seiling. ‘ â€" _ \‘t i ' must all keep an eye on the poorest in the region. Ger» “I'm not trying to say A l l ‘ road ahead.” niann said. there's not a long way to go, ‘ , __ ‘ ~ \3 l 1 The report card shows And the problem isn't but I feel that there is a . _ H. ; . . . 15:. that improvements have going to go away. At the movement now that wasn't . 1 l .1 g him. ‘3' been made in many areas of report card launch last Fri- here before," he said. "I think I . " ~ ‘ 1 . . _ ”.1133: a}; homelessness. There was a day. (.hris M'cNabb. a local there alot of bright lights on 1 ' | ' _’_ WW3st a decrease in the use of shelter developer. said that the cur- the honwn." 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