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November
19, 2002
For Immediate Release
Leading
up to National
Housing Day
Walking
Tour
Wednesday, November 20,
2002
10 am start from the corner of Berkeley and Esplanade
National Housing Day is just
around the corner on Friday, November 22, 2002.
Leading up to this historic day, John Sewell will do a public walk
through the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood to underline the need for
affordable housing. Other
former mayors will accompany him as he illustrates how in years past all
levels of government pooled their money and expertise to build housing for
everyone. Architects and
social planners from around the world often tour this area and see it as
one of the most successful social housing programs.
The president of the St. Lawrence
Neighbourhood Residents Association will greet the walking tour and
Councillor Olivia Chow will read out the official proclamation of National
Housing Day signed by Mayor Mel Lastman.
Media will then be invited to visit the apartment of a formerly
homeless woman and her child. They
reside in one of the last provincially funded co-ops in the province.
The sponsors of the tour include
the City of Toronto, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, the
National Housing and Homelessness Network and the Toronto Disaster Relief
Committee. They are also
working together to make Toronto’s contribution to National Housing Day
a huge success. Two dozen communities across Canada, including St.
John’s, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, London, Parry Sound, Thunder Bay,
Calgary and Edmonton are organizing similar events on that day.
For more information, contact TDRC
at tdrc@tdrc.net
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