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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1959-07-22, Page 7a few of the ProbleMS that are and frArn the bOttoM 'right, ,iihows1 faced. by the tenants inside their the condition of the palnt .cm one . Ilea indicated the enttanee will lie rePaired.'abrtlY, where the, roof started to leak some or worse ',than a good Many Of PIA' montils ago, damaging the ceiling :homes fn the develoinnent The' and peeling the paint; Furniture veterails suggeSted• at, the:Meeting In the room was damaged, and- that poor" maintenance has reduced The ,adjoining picture Is of a base- the value of the buildiags, merit that has been , lealsing for Another sore; :p6int in the dis-, years. The tenant in this case eussleas between the tenenta and, The housing corporation has' re- corporation Waa the type of re- fused to do anything about the tailing wall which is in existence condition according to the people between several or the homes;,. The living in the house, picture at lower left as typical of The picture at top.right and tile the way in which .these walla were one-la-the lower: leff,ahoW. the'con- pyilt .,.arid,,their,.. P,Mili4i.C11..,,,T;h9 "dition of the platforms and steps residents in the homes adjacent to. at two homes on Carling Terrace, these retaining walls .claim the The . top picture is the front ea- boulders are not Safe as they* are trance to one home, and is can be continually falling over and could . Ali COrIllecti9n !with the prices, Set on the homeS by Central Mortgage, many of the veterans at the, Meet- ing claimed thatthe lets on the east side of Carling Terrace were not as valuable others because of a drainage 'ditch which runs hi- bind the properties, The picture; second from tap, right, shows that the people living in these homes have a good point. It was taken about midway down the Street fac- ing south and shearethe overgrown condition of the area, which is int- possible• to mew due to the' rockF and roughness of the ditch, T1 picturti at bottom is of a storm sewer "grating inc of the Carling Terrace Ironies, whieh was also mentioned •as the type of thing that reduces the value of the homes, honies. ..The left pictUre is' at the „ of tile houses, which is PO 1?ottor living mom *ceiling in one home, ' the root still has not been fixed. has attempted to Make Some repair the reprpsentatiSei of the housing himself bat without much luck, , seen, ono step is Missing and •the easily injure-a child; As. Well, they On Tuesday of last' Week resir dents of the fIllicreat ;subdivision in WtnghaIll Met with repreaen- tatives of . the Central Mortgage ahtl Dousing Corporation to diffeltS0 the possibility of purchasing the dwellings, While no great progress was Made at the Meeting, the veterans who live* in the housing project were Otte voinable in expressing their displeasure with the way in Which the !unties had been main- tanned by the corporation, They were particularly displeased with the length, of time it took the authorities in charge of the homes to look after pressing repair needs, liWith these statements' th mind Mle-AdVancekOnCO' 'Phatoga'aPher• decided to look the situation over and 'bring back a picture report on cunditions existing in 'the de- velopment. It was found that In many cases the veterans did have X00111 for eomplaiat, the picture of the develop- ment itself, immediately.belew, the fact that little or' no landscaping has ever been done in the n years• 1400 the projeet was started, is quite obvious. The pictures Centre left point up „ er mower-.I have to mowY 'ra,lawn With an old-type push mower!! remainder of the platform Is badly 'asked the corporation representa-: rotted" and scarcely :safe, The low- ,fives how any one could ' be ex- en photo is the back entrance to petted to use a power lawn Mower another home, 'where the steps he- along such a•'reek pile. One of male so bad they had to be re- the Central Mortgage men suggest- moved and, et aside several ed, "Yoe are' lucky to have a pow- While the Nillcrest hordes are on a four-year cycle for painting, Many of the residents, in the sub- division claim that the cycle is far' too long, and by the appearance of many of the homes, this opinion would appear to have a good deal of foandationl. The picture, sec- months ago. The people living in this hone said that the corporation 'Prices Exhcorbitant' Mentinue4 from rage Ono the fl urea placed en the Wing- inun homes were the lowest of any municipality with which they bad 'dealt. When setting the POPS for he, Flillerest dwellings, the appraiser' was said to have taken Into con- ,sideration the values of other pro- perty In the community. The ten- ants took exception to this point ;by attempting to snow that many homes of much greater value in Wingham have been sold in recent years at figures only slightly more 'than the suggested prices of the When it came to the condition of the buildings the loeal group Was quite emphatic in Its opinion that Maintenance of the subdivision 'by Central Mortgage andllousinghad been very poor, Tire Corporation representatives, however, stated that a question- naire regarding necessary repairs 'would be going out 'Co :die tenants' shortly, and that before any home Would be sold, the- corporation would guarantee it to be structur- ally sound, They stated that if a house was, not in good condition it would be ,repaired, even if it was not sold, One of the tenants asked if "we can expect action on repairs,” and received the answer "definitely". It was pointed out to the corpora- tion men by the veterans that nearly every home in the ,subdiv- ision required new outside steps and platforms and that many base- ' mentS leaked badly. Painting, they said, had been left too long, as well as 'a host of other mainten; anee problems which had, not been looked after. Coming' back to the price being asked by' the corporation, Mayor R. „ID, lifeKinney stated, "I. don't think that you (the corporation) will sell one house at these prices!" ta101tn.,e, tenant, Jack Lewis, 'added that the prices being asked for the homes were "absolutely exhorbi- Some drew to the attention of the corporation officials the fact that the lots varied considerably in their worth, and that as an ex- ample, the homes on the east side of Carling Terrace had an open drainage ditch running through the rear of the lots which reduced the -depth of the properties by nearly 20 ,feet. Before the meeting adjourned the: corporation representtaives Were. requested, to yisit ,the location but• they„pleaded,l.ftck, of, time and refused, to. Idir 4;) ... , , ,Before- adjourning • the Central Mortgage ' officials promised;to 're- view the plan for placing the born- e'S on sale, and promised that the cplestionnaire regarding repair re- quirements 'would be sent out in :the near future.