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Alternative financing for non-market housing: A case history

by MARTIN F
Alternative financing for non-market housing: A case history Places for People contemplated building multi-unit properties with state-of-the-art energy efficiency, serving a mixed demography of smaller households with low to moderate income, the sector in most dire need. Photo: Adobe Stock
Published in September 2024 - Page 16

The housing crisis is everywhere in Canada, including in small municipal jurisdictions that are distressingly aware they are a long, long way from the top of the list for receiving the senior government funds they need to meet the challenge. Haliburton County, one such jurisdiction, embraced community bonds as a mechanism to address the problem.

Haliburton County is an Ontario rural community whose permanent population of 20,000 depends on the seasonal inflow of

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