St. Paul's/MennoHomes Affordable Housing | 5fl Phase I

[jeffster]

St. Paul's/MennoHomes Affordable Housing

544 Bridgeport Rd East (corner Lancaster)

Phase I View from Bridgeport (west end of property)

Phase I view from Lancaster

Site (Phase I)

---

Prominent corner lot at northwest corner of Lancaster & Bridgeport. 1956 church has been demolished and is to be replaced with an affordable housing complex in a joint effort by MennoHomes and St Paul's Lutheran Church. Pictured is phase I. Unusually, the church is not selling the property and moving to a more suburban location, but intends to remain here, building a worship space on the first floor. This will be a substantial increase of affordable stock operated by Menno Homes, who currently operate 105 units.
Phase I:

• 5 stories
  
• 48 units
  

• 40x 1br, 525-663 sq ft
  
• 8x 2br, ~800 sq ft
  

• Worship/Community Spaces on first floor.
  
• Rents are reported to range from $497 (Ontario Disability Support Program) to $1045 monthly The Record
  

Phase 2:

• A second building at a later date (5-8 years)
  
• Intended 4 stories
  
• ~36 units
  

More renders and progress photos: Menno Homes Facebook

More Renders (and video tour of site render): Menno Homes Twitter

Committee of adjustment application and resident complaints: Here
Committee of adjustment approval and complaints: Here

Nice that Kitchener is getting some affordable housing. $497 rent for those on ODSP will be real helpful. How the government expects people to find rent at $497, tho, like...wow. I didn't know the exact amount that ODSP paid recipients that were on their own. My daughter is on ODSP, but she lives with me, $896 is supposed to cover everything, as this is the standard giving to any recipient living with relatives.

Anyway, sorry, that was way off topic. Just glad to see some help coming for those that desperately need it.