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You are here:家 / City Hall /Housing Trust of Nova Scotia changing tack, abandoning development plan and buying hundreds of apartments

Housing Trust of Nova Scotia changing tack, abandoning development plan and buying hundreds of apartments

May 2, 2022ByZane Woodford发表评论

这Housing Trust of Nova Scotia is changing up its strategy, moving to sell its property on Maitland Street and buy hundreds of existing affordable rental units.

这相信是由开发商兼顾问罗斯·坎特威尔(Ross Cantwell)于2009年创立的非营利组织,曾经在戈丁根街(Gottingen Street)和梅特兰街(Maitland Street)之间拥有附近的两个物业,并计划了两座混合收入公寓楼。这plan是要让一半的租户支付市场租金,以补贴另一半支付更多负担得起的租金。

It was a fight throughout: the trust赢了一个案子在一些邻近的业主抱怨该提案之后,2014年的公用事业和审查委员会在公用事业和审查委员会上;坎特威尔成功说服了市政当局开始放弃建筑许可费(but not Halifax Water fees) for affordable housing developments; and then the city’s building boom and the pandemic combined to rapidly increase the cost of construction.

该信托基金会在哥廷根街提议的建筑物的建筑渲染。左边的物业首先出售。

And so the big plan never came to fruition, and last year, asTaryn Grantreported for CBC,该信托以650万美元的价格出售了这两个物业之一。当时,坎特韦尔说,他仍然希望在另一个财产上建造。

Now the trust is selling that, too.

It’s应用to discharge the development agreement on the site. Though it wasextended in 2020,现在已过期。删除开发协议将授予买方在中心计划下的重要发展权,包括该市的最大高度限制为90米,或约28层。

A screenshot of Google Streetview shows a gravel parking lot on a bright sunny day. In the background is a crane. In the middle, a few buildings are seen from the back. On the foundation of one of them, GOTTINGEN is written in white and red spray paint. There are a few vehicles in the parking lot.

2021年9月从梅特兰街(Maitland Street)看,新斯科舍省的剩余住房信托

“我们希望私人开发商将获得该财产的所有权并开发该物业,并希望与不同的政府计划合作,以拥有一些负担得起的单位,但我们可以通过拾取现有单位来产生更大的影响,” Angela Bishop,战略信托基金的规划师在接受哈利法克斯审查员的采访时说。

“我们正在研究30至40岁的现有建筑物,这些建筑物由于其年龄而具有更合理的租金结构。我们并不是在研究与新开发相关的成本结构。当我们获得这些资产时,我们将能够维持可负担性的水平,并从本质上将私营部门的资产带入非营利性部门,当然,其负担能力是更好的保护。”

现在,该基金会有一笔交易,可以从一个卖方那里购买“数百个”单位。这些建筑物是人力资源管理区的“靠近小经济中心的步行社区”。预计该销售将在今年夏天结束。

“We think that’s the best way to make good use of our resources, both time and the equity that we have,” Bishop said.

主教说,在全国各地的城市中都有这样的建筑物,几十年来一直由一个家庭拥有的“小宝石”。当业主决定退出业务时,他们通常会出售给另一个房东。

Bishop说:“通常,由于建筑物的年龄,他们需要进去进行维修和维护,因此,租金必须上涨才能支付对私营部门的投资。”

“在我们的模型中,我们将避免这种情况。我们不会进行翻新,我们不会脱位任何人。”

Bishop说,租金将适合租户的收入。

Cantwell has long compared the trust to the Nova Scotia Nature Trust, of which he was the first president. The same way families向自然信托捐赠土地, Bishop said people can donate rental units.

“Really we want to get our name out there too, so that when a family or an entrepreneur decides to sell their units, and they also want to have a long-term impact in the community, that they call us because we can bring that asset into the community sector,” Bishop said.

该信托基金希望与三个级别的政府合作,以进一步购买。

To that end, Coun. Sam Austin brought a运动to council in March for a staff report on covering deed transfer tax on the sale through a grant.

“我认为这里有一个巨大的机会,即对经济适用房有重大影响。我们被要求为此做出少量贡献。”奥斯丁说。

That motion passed unanimously. It’s unclear when the staff report will come back to council.


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