Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 1, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1981 province comes to assistance of housing plan by Deborah read the province is expected to spend about million during the next 10 years to make a Federal Home renova Tion program More attractive to Lowin come the new provincial expected to be in place this will subsidize interest rates for Loans under the Feder Al residential rehabilitation Assis Tance homeowners who qualify will pay rates ranging from eight per cent to no interest at on a scale tied to in landlords eligible under the program will be Able to qualify for Loans at eight per wrap was started by the Federal government in 1974 As a Way of provid ing Money to upgrade Homes in designated areas by Means of a combination of Grants and Low interest but inflation and High interest rates have combined to make the program almost said Tom coordinator of the neighbourhood improvement program which handles wrap the program has atrophied since said in 1974 we had a great in 1981 its not so the largest loan available under the program is up to of that can be no repayable depending on the homeowners but the subsidized interest rate Avail Able to homeowners who qualified for a wrap loan in 1974 was eight per currently its 16 per when the program land lords could also obtain Loans at reduced rates from Canada mortgage and housing through which wrap is now they have to go to a private Lender and pay the going to All intents and the landlord program Doest Yauk about million of Federal Money is spent in Winnipeg each year under the politicians have begun to listen to this he the new provincial subsidies will be paid through the Manitoba housing and renewal Saul manager of planning and programs for said the official Core area agreement must be signed before the wrap interest rate subsidy can were working on getting it moving said who expects the new subsidy will be available sometime this he said the idea started As a Way of making the wrap program More at we have been finding people were governing the amount of renovations by the size of the especially in the last year and a the makeup on the loan portion Vas becoming were giving them an extra incentive to use their own maximum Grant to qualify for the maximum Grant of a Homeowner must have an annual income of less than the Grant is reduced on a sliding scale according to the level of disappearing entirely when income reaches the loan portion is available to regardless of living in the designated wrap City Council decides which areas in Winnipeg will qualify under the pro currently there Are eight wrap including North North Point the Chalmers area of East Kildonan and an shaped area William Cen West Matthews from City Hall to Mcphillips Avenue and Between Portage Avenue and Dagmar some of Rural Manitoba is designated As eligible for wrap As Well As All municipalities of less than peo who co chaired a task Force on wrap sponsored by the Canada association of housing and renewal offi government assistance a beaming Thomas Williams stands in his Home on Magnus Avenue renovated under Federal homeowners cashing in on program Federal assistance is helping to fix up run Down houses in Winnipeg f Uund Luc i j wrap and the City has been said there Are other problems promised an additional million each year for the next five years by y politicians the new provincial subsidy will Only apply if Chc comes through with the additional which it guarantees Only one year at a the total amount of wrap Money spent in Mani Toba Over the last five years was about Edgar program architect for said discussions of the new sub Sidy have been held Over the last two or three months Between the Provin Cial and Federal departments in in the past month or so it seems the with the program besides the escalating interest the task which held hearings in several places across the that wrap can no longer the Low income families it was designed among their recommendations were changes in the level of qualifying particularly where there Are children in the and increases in the loan for in 1974 you could do a lot of rehabilitation said Yauk for in there Are houses whose deficiencies cant be rectified for Chc is currently studying the task Force report and is expected to make a statement on the Issue in by Deborah read Tom Williams stood in the living room of his tiny House on Magnus Avenue and three weeks of reconstruction had changed the swell ing from dilapidated to i believe it waste same old he applied for Aid under the Federal residential rehabilitation assistance program wrap to Reno vate his he has a new Bath new aluminium new Kitchen cabinets and added Insu and new and floors in All the although the work Cost about Williams is eligible for a Grant of largest available under wrap and will repay the rest at a reduced interest Treyve done a wonderful said who admits he was disgusted at first with the slow Progress of the and worried about what the contractor was i didst realize they had so much work to he till be Nice for an old Man to relax not All the homeowners who receive wrap assistance Are pleased with the said Tom coordinator of the cites neighbourhood improvement program sometimes the con tractors work is and sometimes its he City inspectors Check All the work done under wrap before payment is and in some cases it turns out they have to come Back and do it Yauk in most cases people Are one of the difficulties is that there Are especially among older that when you Are spending or on a its going to turn it into usually there talking about an eighty Earold the Federal program is funded by the Canada mortgage and housing Cor and administered by nip architect Edgar Taam said the civic Agency favors a hard sell a residents to the More Winnipeg residents can get from the Federal the More beneficial it is to the City As a he the program starts with an inspector going need but its not allowed by there might be two that it repaired and then two Walls get if Are we Only do items that Are health or safety said replacing Ceramic tile in the bathroom or painting existing Walls Are examples of cosmetic changes which the pro Gram will not we have been arguing about Stan Dards for a Long Taam there might be dirty old Walls that said that figure could be higher More homeowners get the City has a list of contractors willing to do the rehabilitation but the Homeowner is encouraged to find his the cites list has about 30 Down from the original said Many in the original group went Yauk because contractors inexperienced in rehabilitation work will often make estimates based on what the work would Cost in a new Gallagher at Quelch City Calendar the ukrainian cultural and educational Centre Sere our mistake i i Dok 184 Alexander Avenue has new Library hours the sch001 Calendar published saturday said wrong ill that which Are from 10 to 4 tuesday through students report Back to school in some Divi registration in programs of study in sciences and 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