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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-10-03, Page 13TAKING MEASUREMENTS — One of the projects of Stephen Central School students attending Camp Sylvan this week was taking tree measurements. In the above picture, Stephen staff member Fred Negrijn supervises Stephen Finkbeiner, Mary Lou Grigg, Joan Klemke and Norman Peters in the measuring operation. T-A photo At Zion anniversary Speaks on a fresh breeze Highway 4 - One Block North of Highway 83 Intersection Starts October 3 ANNUAL 467 MAIN ST. EXETER Chesterfield Clearance 40 LE ::ix'unESOMEMNISIMMUNNO. 04VANWAWAVAMINEMEMMUNAMM ZWEAN..MILMIN'''SVZSEVERNME.: -?;-. • t A, 'S. . . Choose From Over 60 Suites BIG CITY SELECTION AT SMALL TOWN PRICES FARMER BILL'S Greenhouses Shipka OUR FALL BULBS Have Arrived FREE - Planting Instructions Also Supplied CLADS and CU TFLOWERS. AFRICAN VIOLETS Etc. Etc< POTTING SOIL Tomatoes - Pick your own also peppers, muskmelon, etc Open Daily 10:00 an. to 9:00' p.m. Sunday - 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Feel Free to Drop in and Browse Around The Green Houses WATCH FOR OUR LARGE SIGNS 1 1/4 MILES EAST OF SHIPKA ON COUNTY ROAD 4 (CREDITON ROAD) Bill & Melva Ranirrielbo /37.3228 DaShwood Late last- week Donald R. Irvine announced the long awaited Provincial policy for the rehabilitation and renewal of residential buildings. The government has allocated $10 million for 1974-75 for this program with a further com- mitment of a similar amount for a further 2 years if the program proves successful. "The program, called Ontario Home Renewal Program (OHRP) provides per capita grants to municipalities in Ontario to administer directly as loans to homeowners who wish to repair the home they occupy," 'Mr. Irvine stated in his ministry's news release. Municipalities will be required to draft ' minimum housing standards, guidelines or bylaws, stating clearly an acceptable minimum standard for health and safety. It is expected that this standard will vary from municipality to municipality, large urban areas with a history of housing stan- dard bylaw enforcement maintaining a high level rehabilitation standard, and small or rural municipalities with a much more relaxed standard. The Province will contribute $150.00 per housing unit in the program towards administrative costs, including inspection costs. Municipalities may find that this sum is insufficient to cover the cost of properly trained in- spectors and co-ordinated in- spection programs. The funds allocated to the program will be for By MRS, RENA CALDWELL Mr. & Mrs. Harold Jones spent Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Gackstetter in Guelph. Webster Buchanan, Wheatley, visited in the vicinity during the st week 17i,r'itt), . r & OtiS Swinback, Detroit, visited Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Elzar Mousseau, Mrs, Tom Burke, Apsley, visited her sister Mrs. W. L. Mellis. Mr. & Mrs. Keith Lovell spent the•vveekend in Montreal. 'Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Underhill and family of Alymer visited Saturday evening with the lat- ter's sister Mr, & Mrs. Keith Pressy and family, Mr. & Mrs. Keith Pressy and family visited Sunday with their daughter Mr. & Mrs. Robert Batkin and Michelle Lynn of Owen Sound. In American we amplify our shortcomimings so loudly that they drown out the steady hum of a system that is in fine working order. Municipalities under 10,000 population, $4 per capita; for municipalities between 10,000 and 99,000 population, $3,00 per capita; for municipalities over 100,000 population, $2.00 per capita. In addition grants up to $25,000.00 will be available for areas of less than, 10,000 people. It is estimated that ap- proximately 100,000 homes or about 5 percent of the housing stock is in need of repair, It makes good sense at this time of very high costs for new housing to invest public money in main- taining our existing stock of residential property, Because much of our poorer housing is occupied by families of lower income, the terms of the loans are designed to encourage these families to take advantage of this opportunity to paint-up and fix-up, Loans will be available on a sliding scale of interest rate from 0 percent to 8 percent, over a term of 15 to 20 years, depending on income. The maximum income eligible for participation in OHRP is $12,500, Income statistics for 1972 for Ontario indicates that more than half of the families in the Province will be eligible, The maximum loan is set at $7,500.00 It can be expedfed that the Provincial program will be tied into the Federal Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program (RRAP) wherever possible. R.R.A.P. has been designed to be used in con- junction with Neighbourhood Improvement Program (N.I.P.) the Federal Government's program to upgrade and renew neighborhoods. Most RRAP funding will be used in M.P. areas. The Provincial program has the advantage of being available to homeowners who live outside the designated improvement areas, Because the Federal program is based on a system of grants and loans depending on income, in situations where both programs are eligible, it will be up to the municipality to decide what will be grant, what will be loan and how best to take ad- vantage of the Federal funding. In general the Federal con- tribution will be used to reduce the Provincial funding so that the maximum OHRP willnot exceed $7,500, less federal funding. There is some suggestion that an agreement of continued oc- cupapmaf„,the rehabilitation house may alldvv a portion of the OHRP to. be'forgiVen. A serious deficiency in the Provincial program is the lack of any consideration for landlords and their tenants. The Federal program allows funding for the rehabilitation of rented property provided that a rent restraint agreement is reached with the landlord. By excluding landlords, a serious disservice is done tenants who will be forced to pay ad- ditional rent to cover repairs ordered to buildings under the new municipal housing stan- dards. And because lower income people, especially those who rent, occupy the most run down I property, the effect of the en- forcement program will fall most heavily on those who can least afford it. This is a most unfortunate aspect of the new program and one that I hope can be changed. With the new housing prices high and going higher, a. growing proportion of Ontario families are living in rented housing. In many large cities, this proportion is over 50 percent. Present tenants can't be expected to pay the cost of renewal of old buildings, often rundown, because of years of neglect. On the other hand landlords faced with the cost of rehabilitation will choose to raise rent to cover the costs or close the building and sell for other uses, Another aspect of the program which will bear monitoring is the regulation that requires the municipality's average interest rate for the program to be not less than 3 percent. On face value this requirement appears reasonable. However, it may be that municipalities with low average income will have to charge a fairly high rate on many properties to attain this average (to reach an average of 3 per- cent). If the Provincial schedule is drawn up to accommodate this situation, municipalities with higher incomes will be forced to charge high interest rates. It is hoped that the program will encourage the development of repair and maintenance standards that are reasonable and capable of being enforced without undue pressure on any of our citizens. ""''"T.2"1"1112MMILMANMEMSJAt'VSZNAMISCE2,, MEM 2feeefia Ptua By JACK. RIPPELL M.P.P. By MRS. THOMAS HERN ZION Zion West United Church held their Anniversary Service Sunday. Guest minister for the service was Rev, F. E. Madden, Lucan who spoke on "A Fresh Breeze is Blowing." Special music was provided by Mrs. Wm Spence and Mrs. Wm, Strong accompanied by the organist Mrs. Lorne Hern, The church choir also sang a number, Visitors for the day were: Mr. & Mrs. Bert Morgan and family, Kitchener with Mr. Sr Mrs. Earl Miller and family, Mr. & Mrs. Milne Pullen, St. Marys with Mr, & Mrs, Angus Earl. Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Strong and family, Seaforth with Mr. & Mrs. Harry Hern and family. Mr, & Mrs, Wm. Spence and family, Woodham Mr, & Mrs. Norman Brock, Exeter with Mrs. Harold Hern, Mr. & Mrs. Philip Johns, Janice, Eleanor, Gerald and Catherine, Elimville, Mrs. Elsie Earl, Exeter, Craig Webber and Peter Armstrong with Mr, & Mrs. Lorne Hern. Mr, & Mrs. Ross Jaques, Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Waghorn, Kirkton, Mrs, Mabel Jaques, Exeter, with Mr, & Mrs. Cliff Jaques, Yvonne and Dalton. Mr. & Mrs, Fred Bowden, Centralia, Mrs. Barry Reid, Heather and Lori, London with Mr, & Mrs. Ray Jaques, Steven and Susan. Mr. & Mrs. Leroy Hern, Exeter with Mr. & Mrs.Morris Hern and Mervyn. Mr, & Mrs. Paul Baker and baby, London, Mr. & Mrs. David Baker and boys, Whalen, with Mr, & Mrs. Edgar Baker. • Rural • Industrial • Residential • Nutone Central Vacuuming FREE ESTIMATES Call Exeter 235-0909 PFAFF Times-Advocate, October 3, 1974 Page 1•