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Originally Posted by matt602
Suddenly my excitement for this project completely diminishes when I see the term "Affordable Housing".
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Affordable housing is desperately needed. A growing proportion of the population in Hamilton (and other Canadian cities) is struggling with housing insecurity. The move to a service economy (which for many means working in retail, call centres and the like) leads to lower wages, which are then eaten up by increasing rents.
This is a good project precisely because it puts affordable housing somewhere other than the downtown core.