15 Church St | 6 fl | U/C

[JJTL]

15 Church Street - Affordable Housing Building





New 6 story affordable housing building with 57 units being developed by Historic St. Paul's Lutheran Church, at the corner of Queen St S and Church St, in downtown Kitchener.

Developer's Website: https://www.historicstpauls.ca/affordable-housing

Funding Announcement (Sept 8th): https://www.marketwatch.com/press-releas...r-79247db2

[ac3r]

Nice to see! Though I hate how affordable housing can be so intertwined with religious institutions. Better than nothing though.

[Rainrider22]

They are intertwined because the people within the congregation do actually care and know how to get the job done.. They are not focused on profit. They are focused on good will..

[ac3r]

Yes but there is a weird theological slant to why they do this. It's Christian flavoured goodwill. I'd rather our government build houses for people as it should be seen as a proper human right.

[tomh009]

Yes but there is a weird theological slant to why they do this. It's Christian flavoured goodwill. I'd rather our government build houses for people as it should be seen as a proper human right.

As long as the funding decisions are made on a secular basis and the organizations do not discriminate, I don't have an issue with religious charitable organizations in participating in the construction of affordable housing.

[Square]

When I read Church Street, I was hoping it was the plot of land that the lady bought for like 15 million dollars I think. Has there been any other big sale of land without a proposal?

[Lebronj23]

I think that was JD Developments, haven’t hear anything about that plot

[panamaniac]

Yes but there is a weird theological slant to why they do this. It's Christian flavoured goodwill. I'd rather our government build houses for people as it should be seen as a proper human right.

It doesn't have to be either/or.  There's a place for both (and for NGOs).

[tomh009]

When I read Church Street, I was hoping it was the plot of land that the lady bought for like 15 million dollars I think.  Has there been any other big sale of land without a proposal?

I think that was JD Developments, haven’t hear anything about that plot

Land is still registered to Church and Benton Ltd. No visible activity at the site.

[nms]

Churches (and likely other religious denominations too) have a long history of stepping up to provide accommodation to those in need when others do not (whether monarchs, governments, or landowners). Churches are also significant landowners in downtown areas. When Trinity was sold, they hoped to inspire a developer to build affordable housing. Unfortunately, we got big tower with pricey condos and no affordable housing component at all. I wish St Paul's well.

[tomh009]

Churches (and likely other religious denominations too) have a long history of stepping up to provide accommodation to those in need when others do not (whether monarchs, governments, or landowners).  Churches are also significant landowners in downtown areas.  When Trinity was sold, they hoped to inspire a developer to build affordable housing.  Unfortunately, we got big tower with pricey condos and no affordable housing component at all.  I wish St Paul's well.

St Peter's (on Queen St between Weber and Duke) and St Mark's (on King St next to KCI) are already building affordable housing on their properties, too.

[JJTL]

Pre-construction activities have started at the new Affordable Housing building being built by Historic St. Paul's.



Source: www.historicstpauls.ca/affordable-housing

[tomh009]

Some more digging has been done. No sign of the actual building permit yet.

   

[tomh009]

Subsequent to human remains having been found in the excavation at the end of August, a team was on site a few weeks ago to sift through the sand and look for (presumably more remains or other evidence. This activity has now ended though so don't know what the next step is.

News story:
https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-...2699c.html

Looking for more:

   

[panamaniac]

Old churchyard burial? First Nations? I'm assuming they are very old bones?