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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, APRIL 4,2001 PAGE A7 Region to get funding for social housing BY JOE CHIN Staff Writer Durham Region will get more than $2 million from the Province to help deal with the cost of taking on social housing. The Region is among 47 Ontario municipalities which will share $100 million for capital improvements, and transfer and start-up costs of local public housing. The funding was announced Wednesday by Chris Hodgson, minister minister of municipal affairs and housing, housing, who reiterated the Province is committed to making the transfer work. "Our objective in providing these funds is to assist municipalities to operate operate social housing more efficiently and better serve local needs," Mr. Hodgson said. The provincial government handed handed over the ownership and responsibility responsibility for administering the social housing program to municipalities as of Jan. 1, 2001 and since then the municipalities have been clamouring for transition costs. Shirley Van Steen, Durham's social social housing director, said the announcement announcement did not come as a total surprise, but was welcomed nonetheless. nonetheless. "Any money is great - whether it is enough remains to be seen. A lot of the buildings are aging and in need of repairs," she said. Ms. Van Steen noted the Region had applied to the Province for $930,000 in transition funding, approximately approximately $400,000 of which is intended intended to cover the technical audits of the housing stock. Under Bill 128, 'The Social Housing-Reform Housing-Reform Act,' Durham assumed theni'OWnershij) ' - of apprbximhtely - I , T 600housirig units. Iff addition," 1 ownership of non-profit and co-operative co-operative housing units in Durham will be transferred to the Region in Phase 2 of the transfer, which is to take place over the next 18 months. When the transfer is complete, Durham is expected expected to be responsible for more than 6,400 housing units; an audit of the stock will shortly be completed. Of the $2,026,634 the Region receives, receives, $172,800 goes to startup costs, $395,705 is earmarked for entitlements entitlements of employees who were. transferred from the Province to the local level, and $280,129 is allocated toward restructuring. Included in the amount is $1,178,000, the Region's share of $58 million in federal funding funding related to the federal housing program. program. "It's a good start," said Durham Chairman Roger Anderson. "Anything "Anything the Province is prepared to forward forward to us is appreciated. It will help to absorb a lot of the startup costs and make the transition easier for us." Association of Municipalities of Ontario president Ann Mulvale also welcomed the announcement but added words of caution. "The funding will help, but it is not the total solution to all the risks the municipal governments and their property taxpayers are going to face," she said. Police officers earn cash for Special Olympics Durham Regional Police will exchange exchange their handcuffs for serving trays on April 5 to raise money for local Special Olympic programs and the Law Enforcement Torch Run. The event, dubbed Cops and Lobsters, Lobsters, is an opportunity for police officers officers to donate their time to raise money by earning tips as celebrity waiters at Red Lobster restaurants across North America. The funds raised help support the Special Olympics, a year-round sports training and competition program program for children and adults who are developmentally disabled. Last year, die Oshawa restaurant earned $913 of the $1.2 million the event raised nationwide. 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