Eight applicants gathering their belongings along with their families and moving into new accommodations on Coady Avenue.
The Non-Profit Housing Corporation celebrating the opening of new rent-geared-to-income housing units in Thunder Bay.
Robinson Meshake
The units, which were constructed as two four-plex apartments, part of a collaboration between the District of Thunder Bay Social Services Administration
Board and the Matawa Non-Profit Housing Corporation.
“For the past 24 years, we have been proud to be one of a few non-profit housing providers in Thunder Bay,” says Robinson Meshake, President of the Matawa Non-Profit Housing Corporation. “We recognize that social housing isn’t perfect, that there still are problems which need to be solved. Despite this—and amongst many other reasons—we need to support people that cannot compete in the city’s housing market and we need to support low wage workers to continue living close to the jobs that need their skills.”
In total, MNPHC has accumulated a total of 44 units throughout the city and has always held full occupancy.
Bill Bradica
“Currently, we provide operational funding towards the 12 units built in 1996, and will support tenants in the Coady Avenue units through rent supplements that allow people to access quality
housing at an affordable cost,” remarks Bill Bradica, CAO of the Thunder Bay Social Services Administration.
