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NORTH VAN PROJECT.
Local Lions
build housing |
with heart

HOUSING WITH heart has become the speciality of the
Mount Seymour Lions Housing Socicty (MSLHS).

The. socicty was formed in the ; " 7 ;
spring of 1985 to sponsor British | — By ye Bre
Columbia Housing Management
‘Commission (BCHMC) and month, :
Canada Mortgage and Housing The housing project consists of
Corporation-funded (CMHC) 47 one-bedroom units for singles,
housing projects in North Van- | 10 one-bedroom units for couples
couver. and three wheelchair accessible
in just three years the group has - one-bedroom units for the disabl-
sponsored 67 units of affordable ed.> - ‘
housing at Lions Court, 27 units at Said Ham: ‘‘Not iany couples.
Lions’ Plaza “and 60 units of sub-"~ are wanting to move in. Most cou-
sidized seniors’ housing at.’ the ples, if they, are healthy, tend to
newly opened | Lions: Manor in - stay in their family homes.”
Deep Cove:.. co - The society's job isn't over once
: The society has just submitted the various housing developments
application to.the BCHMC for a - are up and running. ‘We have an
44-unit subsidized family housing ongoing support role. The. board
development ‘on Monashee :Driye. mects every. month, approves all °
in North Vancouver. The project is . expenses, hires staff, and has hired
worth $4.3" million. Subject to ap- a bookkeeper to handle the ac-
_proval, project construction could “ counts,"* said Ham.
: begin as early as October. '. Community. support by the
“Once you get-one of these pro- .Mount Seymour Lions. reaches
jects’ up it really doesn’t take that beyond. the walls of the various -
much more work to look after one housing projects built. °
than it is to look after four," said.“ Other projects include the cxer-
Garey Ham, MSLHS: president “cise track, handicapped circuit and
” and chairman of the board. | BMX bike track at Myrtle Park.
The new Lions Manor helps fill _ Public services cover everything
a much-needed demand for affor- from: annual Easter egg ‘hunts and
‘dable housing by local seniors. A~. the King Neptune Carnival to the
+ $2,993,249 loan for first ‘mortgage ‘Great Land and Sea Race. The
financing of the project is jointly. Lions also. support local little,
insured by the provincial and fed-" league . baseball! and offer ‘annual .
"eral governments. “school. scholarships at Windsor
“The. manor is fully occupied | and and Seycove schools.: :
‘seniors pay no more:than 30 per «Said Ham: ‘We support’ and : : ' ‘ NEWS photo Mike Waketlets
cent of income on rent: Ham said “raise everything ourselves.:: We .-THE NEW Lions Manor, located tn Deep Cove, ist the latest pNor couver housing project ‘sponsored by the
the .average income of residents . want..to Keep our efforts for the, Mount Seymour Lions Housing Society (MSLHS), MSLHS' ‘treasurer Eric Bennett, left, president’ Garey Ham,
ranges between $800 and $900. per people i in our area."" ~~ > ao Lions Manor. manager Ernie Maine and several housing p t residents stand it in front of Lions Manor.

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