Crime Awareness Program

A THIEF or thieves made off. with almost $4,000 in cash, _ jewelry and household goods from two houses in the 1500 block of Jefferson last week.

The culprits struck between 1:30 and 2:15 p.m. on January 13. Entry was gained by smashing a basement win-

dow and then reaching through to unlock it.

At one. house a television set, video cassette recorder, credit cards and jewelry — valued at $1,600 — were stolen, while the thief or thieves got $2,300 worth of jewelry from

the second house.

Other break-ins in West Vancouver during the week:

© At about 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 13 someone kicked in the door of a house in the 700 block Of Kenwood. They ran-

sacked the house, stealing $2,700 worth of goods...

© A thief entered a house in the 2200 block of Haywood between 9:30 and 11 a.m. on Jan. 10 and removed $8,500

worth of jewelry.

e A break-in in the 800 block of Evelyn netted a thief $100, contained in the purse he stole. The thief gained en- trance by climbing onto a chair and then in through a

window.

Drinking drivers

RECENT CASES in North Shore courts have resulted in the following convictions on drinking- driving related cases. Mandatory licence suspensions are in addi- tion to penalties shown in brackets.

NORTH VANCOUVER

Andrew Vaughan Phillips, 4427 Lyons Ave., North Van (over .08, $600); Daniel Mervin Fraser, 908 Montroyal, North Van (over .08, $500); Patrick Howard Widdifield, 1047 Edgewood Place, North Van (impaired, $500); Victor Vance Spencer, 483 Eastcott Rd., West Van (impaired, 30 days jail);

James Edward Bailey, Nanoose Bay (impaired, $750); Bob Warner, 838 Caiverhall St., North Van (refuse breath test, 14 days); Allen Glenn Lawrence, 1350 Lynn Valley Rd., North Van (over .08, $600); Wayne

Terry Taylor, 1230 Ross.

Road, North Van (over .08, $500); John Voysey Brown, 630 Greenwood Rd., West. Van (over .08, $500); David Wayne Holowaty, 2599 Masefield Rd., North Van (refuse breath test, 15 days); Ken- neth Edward Perry, 2275 East 52nd St., Van (over -08, $400); Lois Marie Lay, 1431 Williams St., North Van (over .08, $200).

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‘CMHC approves funding for 26 units

_ KATHERINE HEMBLING wraps up her reacagn to the recent announcment that the Indian Ri

_ Housing Co-operative has received CMHC funding

with two words: ‘‘I’m delight

The delight is understan- dable. From its start nearly two years ago when ‘“‘five friends badly in need of hous- ing”’ got together, the project is now poised on the verge ef seeing construction tenders called.

The announcement of the funding, a combination of Start-up costs and an annual subsidy for the development, and the near-completion of a. lease with the District of North Vancouver for the Brockton Crescent land for the co-op, means construc- tion should start this spring.

When it’s completed,- 26 housing units for low and

moderate income earners will be in place.

Hembling says 18 of the 26 units have been claimed. Eight others are being held open until ‘‘closer to moving- in time’’. There is a waiting list of 14 families for those units.

CMHC funding, announc- ed two weeks ago, will in- clude an $18,000 loan of “seed money’ ” to get the pro- ject moving and an annual ‘subsidy of $164,500 over 35 years.

Bob Nickland of the regional CMHC office says the annual grant is provided at two levels.

The first makes up the dif-

ference between economic rent — what would have to be charged to cover the cost of the development — and the market rent—the amount the market can bear.

The second level covers the difference between market rent and what the individual owner can afford to pay bas- ed on 25 per cent of his or her income.

Under the agreement, says Nickland, the amount.of the first level subsidy will decrease as market rent moves closer to economic rent, while the subsidy will remain in place.

According to Hembling, 15 per cent of the residents will have their rents subsidized.

As well as providing hous- ing for low wage earners, says Hembling, the co-op will

attract people ‘‘who can_af-. ford to pay market rent but who prepefer to live in a com- munity and have a role in shaping that community’.

Hembling, and a spokesman forthe non-profit Inner City Housing Society which helps groups establish co-ops, said the delay in the project was due to concern over how ownership of the Brockton Crescent property : would be handled.

That appears to have been sorted out, with agreement near on a 99-year lease bet- ween the district and the co- op.

“We've learned a tremen- dous amount,”’ says Hembi- ing. ‘*The bureaucracy in- volved .has been horrific but the. plan is there because we were willing’ W6Fk for it.”’

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