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3 · Thursday, June 14, 2012 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com Ask us about bleaching for new patients FREE 905-842-6030 90 www.carstaroakville.com 905-8457579 547 Trafalgar Rd. dentistoakville.com den SNA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2010 ontario's top newspaper - 2005-2008 Honoured Page 12 905-847 -2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. www.chisholmacademy.com 32 Pages $1.00 (plus tax) Academic Difficulties? New for September Grades 7 and 8 A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 50 No. 71 "Using Communication To Build Better Communities" THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2012 The faces of Halton's housing gap By Christina Commisso METROLAND WEST MEDIA GROUP It's referred to as a housing gap, and in Halton it continues to grow. Another 900 assisted housing units are needed in the region to accommodate a lengthy roster of individuals and families who are looking for some help keeping a roof over their heads. The gaps are noted in Halton's housing strategy and there's a plan to address this urgent need, but it won't be implemented until early 2014. Until then, the list for residents waiting for social Charlie housing, which at last count was 2,140, continues to increase while the number of rental units vacant in Halton steadily declines. So, what happens to the faces behind those numbers? Some are single parents, some are struggling with addiction -- all are trying to get back on their feet. A trio of Halton residents recently spoke about their experiences with housing insecurity in one of Canada's fastest growing regions, where an `affordable' house hovers around the $310,000 mark. In the meantime, as provincial and federal funding for housing continues to dwindle, these residents live a life of insecurity, unsure if they'll have a roof over their head this time next year. See Issue page 10 nikki wesley / OAKVILLE BEAVER / @halton_photog Family shields home from cell tower By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF With a cell tower taking root nextdoor, one Oakville woman said she's been driven to undertake a unique, but expensive retrofitting of her home to protect her family. Large sections of Lisa Guglietti's home, which is under construction at 253 Balsam Dr., currently look like something out of a science-fiction movie, with the walls and ceiling covered in a special aluminum shielding. This shielding will eventually be covered by drywall and is intended to keep shielded: Safe Living Technologies Inc. President Rob Metzinger takes readings in an unfinished room covered in aluminum shielding. A Bell cell tower next door can be seen through the window to his left. His company is assisting an Oakville homeowner shield her home and family from potential cell tower emissions. out the radio frequency radiation coming from the cell antennas recently erected on the chimney of the building next door. That building serves as a Bell Canada central office, but has operated as a Bell technology centre since 1953. See Principle page 7