Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 1, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Wilif lifted free pfe88t tuesday september 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 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 in 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 programs 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 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 Grant especially in the last year and a the makeup on the loan portion was 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 by the Canada association of housing and renewal offi said there Are other problems with the program besides the escalating interest the task which held hearings Ken Offitt to tit a beaming Thomas Williams stands in his Home on Magnus Avenue renovated under Federal government assistance homeowners cashing in on program Federal assistance is helping to fix up run Down houses in Winnipeg Viiu Kull nil Lull i or wrap is now they have to go in places across the 6 concluded that wrap can no longer 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 wrap and the City has been promised an additional million each year for the next five years by politicians listening 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 last two or three months Between the Provin Cial and Federal departments in in the or so it seems 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 really help the Low income families it was designed for 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 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 were not saying increase the wrap budget said but appropriate it differently so we get the pensioners and people on fixed Low income that really dont have Access to the program lets increase the loan amount or the forgiveness lets not try to pretend the program is what it was in our mistake f the school Calendar published Satur Day said wrongly that students report Back to school in some Divi students report Back they Are James Assiniboine Boniface and River students in Norwood and seven Oaks divisions go Back All others report Back 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 dwell ing from dilapidated to i believe it waste same old he applied for Aid under the Federal residential rehabilitation 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 about an eighty Earold Federal program is funded by the Canada mortgage and housing Cor and administered by nip architect Edgar Taam said the what repairs 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 weather deaths Kitchen cabinets and added Insu and new and floors in All the although the work Cost about Williams is eligible for a Grant of the largest available under wrap 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 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 satisfied classified death new residents to last year million was spent in Winnipeg under but Taam said that figure could be higher if More homeowners get in new Brunswick last year it was about he if we dont spend the the total amount is reduced the next the City has a list of contractors willing to do the rehabilitation but the Homeowner is encouraged to can the More beneficial it is to the City As a he the program starts with an inspector going through the Home and deciding i Walls get in a Case like of course the Homeowner is Yelling at us because the rooms other two Walls Arent paint Taam he added that it helps if the owner is willing to do some work 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 Sab Laic cily i in precipitation n hah l Low cold front worm front Winnipeg area forecast mainly sunny today with some Cloudy periods and a High near Low tonight near sunny with a few Cloudy periods tomorrow and moderate South winds with a High near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly sunny thursday and temperatures near Normal readings of 22 and Northern Manitoba mainly sunny throughout with tempera Tures near Normal readings of 18 and Northwestern Ontario mainly sunny throughout with temperatures near Normal readings of 21 and temperatures Canada and the world National Victoria u Vancouver 16 21 Edmonton 20 Regina in Winn 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