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THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2009 20 The Regional Municipality of Halton www.halton.ca 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario L6M 3L1 Tel: 905-825-6000 Toll Free: 1-866-442-5866 TTY: 905-827-9833 www.halton.ca More Blue & Green in your Yard Items for Yard Waste GrassCycling Items for Garbage Sticks & twigs Leaves Weeds Fruit from trees Flower pots Plant/flower tags Plastic soil bags Pet waste Grass clippings should be left on the lawn after mowing. Clippings decompose quickly and release nutrients back into the soil. Take household chemicals to the Household Hazardous Waste Depot located at the Halton Waste Management Site (5400 Regional Rd. 25, Milton) Pesticides Fertilizers Propane tanks Pool chemicals www.halton.ca/waste PW -0803 5 Cobblehill Co-op receives funds to remove mould By Frances Niblock Thanks to $109,749 in provincial funding, admin- istered by Halton Region, the mould that had contam- inated Actons Cobblehill Co-Operative social hous- ing units on Cook Street has been removed. The Cobblehill Co-Oper- ative applied for, but did not receive, an additional $141,749 in funding for repairs it is unable to do because of lack of capital reserves. The funding for the work was part of a $1.8-mil- lion provincial investment announced in last years budget to help repair and rehabilitate social hous- ing projects in Halton. The money was earmarked for high-priority repair projects, energy-efficiency improve- ments to reduce operating costs and energy consump- tion, and other repairs at 3,141 existing social hous- ing units at 15 projects in Halton. Investing in social hous- ing is part of Breaking the Cycle: Ontarios Poverty Re- duction Strategy, which will reduce the number of chil- dren living in poverty by 25 per cent over 5 years lifting 90,000 kids out of poverty by boosting benefits for low-income families and enhancing publicly-funded education. Tenants in 30 per cent of the units at Cobblehill Co- Operative 20 apartments, two barrier-free apartments and 14 townhouses pay market value rents and the remaining units are subsid- ized. Haltons Manager of Housing Rob Cressman said the Cobblehill Co-Operative received the funding from a category that covered emer- gency, unplanned or not budgeted repairs. Last fall, we asked all 26 social housing provid- ers including Haltons own Community Housing Corporation to apply for funding. We chose to give the bulk of the money to social housing providers, the individual non-profits and co-ops, whose funding comes from capital reserves, which are depleted. Our own housing company has a fairly healthy reserve, Cressman said, adding thats why the 52-unit Lakeview Villa seniors building on Elizabeth Drive and the 18- unit Holmesway Place social housing facilities did not re- ceive any of this funding. Cressman said the social housing stock in Acton and the rest of the Region has none of the horror stories of stock in larger cities like Toronto where there are re- ports of broken or missing plumbing, bugs and vermin and long-standing safety re- pairs. Not even close. Our housing stock is in quite good shape and is well main- tained. We dont have that concentration of units and scale of problems that you see in Toronto, Cressman said, adding that the social housing high rise buildings in Halton tend to be seniors units and the family build- ings are townhouses where the families do a lot of the upkeep to maintain the prop- erties. The main issue that we have is not the condition of the housing stock, but the capital reserves that are in place for the providers, ex- cept for our own housing, will be starting to run out in the next few years, so its a funding issue, not a condi- tion issue. Cressman said there is an extensive waiting list of approximately 1,900 house- holds to get into all of the special housing facilities in Halton and that means a lengthy wait. Approxi- mately 25 per cent are waiting for seniors housing and the balance is waiting for all-age communities. POLICE BEAT Bang bang - bye A vehicle traveling east on Mill Street was struck by another vehicle exiting John Street in the afternoon of May 28. The black vehicle after hitting the first vehicle did not stop and continued going north on John Street. Police are looking for a black vehicle with front end damage and blue paint residue from the vehicle it hit. Fore! A McDonald Blvd. man is facing an assault with a weapon charge and uttering threats after hitting another male in the face at a Main Street residence on May 29. The victim did not have major injuries according to the police. Disabled bus A Denny Bus Lines wheelchair bus that was parked on Willow Street overnight on May 29 was vandalized. Two lower door windows were broken valued at $500