Local Band of Brothers turns garage into two-story home for veterans in Santa Maria
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A haven for veterans on the Central Coast is making more room to host vets in need.
La Casa de Flores is run by the Band of Brothers, a group that provides shelter for veterans and their families.
Their latest project turned a garage into a two-story home, which is now housing a family from Lompoc. Sheâs getting her degree in nursing and stuff. Her husband is a veteran. They have two children and itâs just remarkable to see that they will then go through, they ll use this home for what it is and then the next family will come in, and thatâs what itâs all about,â said Band of Brothers President Steve Baird.
Renovicted in Verdun: New borough rules on apartment combinations don t extend to triplexes
A Verdun tenant has to pack up and find a new apartment in a new neighbourhood. His landlord is taking over his space, which is legal despite a new bylaw passed by Verdun to protect tenants. The bylaw does not extend to triplexes, like the one Quinten Sheriff has to leave.
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MONTREAL Montreal is taking a new tack in trying to keep housing affordable: competing with investors, then locking in property at low rents. Verdun and Lachine are home to two of the first examples. A nonprofit called Solides used a $2.1 million grant from the city to buy a building in each neighbourhood and turn them into social housing under a 25-year contract. There’s urgency to the situation, with a red-hot housing market and rents spiralling upwards, but the nonprofit said that’s not the only reason to work with existing buildings. “There’s big investors who are taking advantage of the situation right now, with very low interest rates, to increase their position in the market,” said François Giguère of Solides.