Grande Spirit Foundation (photo by Curtis Galbraith)

By Liam Verster

Affordable Senior Housing

Investment in senior housing to benefit two Peace communities

Feb 6, 2020 | 2:56 PM

A joint investment from the Governments of Canada and Alberta will see new affordable senior housing developed in three Alberta communities, including two in the Peace Region.

A $37-million capital investment will go to build 173 new seniors lodge and continuing care spaces in Spirit River, Manning, and Oyen. These projects will create about 267 jobs in the process.

The lodge partnership projects are a collaboration between Alberta Seniors and Housing and Alberta Health, to combine seniors lodge and continuing care units in the same facilities.

“Seniors built our province and they should be able to age in their own communities” says Minister of Seniors and Housing, Josephine Pon, in a release. “We are proud to invest in these important projects that will help more seniors stay together and remain in the communities they love as their care needs change.”

“Every Canadian deserves a safe and affordable place to call home” adds Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, and the Minister responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. “This investment for the construction of safe and affordable housing in Oyen, Spirit River and Manning is going to make a positive impact – we’re giving seniors the ability to age in place in their own communities and maintain important communion with close family and friends which is vital to improved long-term health and happiness.”

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The Government of Canada, through the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, and the Alberta government are investing in the rural lodge partnership through a bilateral agreement under the National Housing Strategy (NHSS). The Government of Canada is currently rolling out the NHS, which is a 10-year, $55-billion plan to create 125,000 new housing units, as well as repair and renew more than 300,000 housing units. Through partnerships between federal, provincial and territorial governments, along with engagements with municipalities, Indigenous governments and organizations, and social and private sectors, the NHS plans on lifting 530,000 families out of housing need, as well as reduce chronic homelesness by 50 per cent.

The regional housing management bodies Acadia Foundation, Grande Spirit Foundation and North Peace Housing Foundation will operate the facilities once they are built. All projects are currently in the planning stage.