New Regina housing units open doors to families with complex needs

REGINA A new housing development for families with complex needs had its official opening on Thursday.

The project, which will include support services and programs provided by human services agencies, will be owned by Silver Sage Holdings Ltd. The complex consists of six three-bedroom duplexes located on two lots in proximity, at 1346 Forget St. and 5029 7th Ave.

“The Family Housing Project addresses a real need in our community to provide a safe place for families in transition,” Silver Sage board chair Edmund Bellegarde said in a news release.

“We have families who are in the process of re-establishing themselves in the community and simply need a safe, affordable place to live.

“We see this partnership as a one of many paths to healing, and a way to honour that relationship with our future generations,” the release added.

The federal and provincial government jointly contributed $900,100 toward the construction of the six units.

An additional $150,000 in funding was provided by the City of Regina.

Silver Sage Holdings Ltd. contributed approximately $1 million in the form of cash/land equity and mortgage financing.

The federal government is currently rolling out its national housing strategy, a 10-year, $40-billion plan to create 100,000 new housing units and lift 530,000 families out of housing need, as well as repair and renew more than 300,000 housing units and reduce chronic homelessness by 50 per cent.