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MapleRidge apartmentgopeni g on iu.;qqo"THE mammals" . S d h -re By C Cha man . . Ileritgge Sfaff befggfgg pygllltnc/gh a l for for the htenants in our build- ' ' m S ,, . tt A $2 million dollar 30 unit), assistance for a profelcty like sigha 'dt3i/tid2m2,1ieg"n1y, seniors and special needs l this yotynysteomplettatre.ds do have h0merriakers and complex in Sydenham ill l survey m the community," she nurses come into their apart- begin housing tenants 150:1; ; said. "We found that response ments. But when they reach a time this month accor din to a l to very encouraging.” One of the point when they can no longer spokes erson for the 'ed hr." reasons we applied for the new ook after themselves then borough Housing Corporatiogn. tiii/tlute/Sari/Italo'), hhey turn to the nursing The MapleRidge Seniors M d B k. omes.” Apartments will featur ea ow me. We already . apartments including 'rd,) havekal waiting list tor the _ Seniors are classified as 60 handicap suites, six two- $353“! apartment at years and older, while special bedroom apartments and 22 at) it] ge. h needs IS classified as 30 to 60 ( bed _ ,--- -. bu'ls‘ on. says t_e newest years old. The MeadowBrook one- e room apartments. The 1 mg IS a so unique to the facility was originally open for iit,trtittiyct,rftitti.ihy., giggdjicausi it will house, business in 1984. resi en s w . inclement weather the project . it special needs. is just beginning to open its "Beeause we are in the (10%;. facility is the second of 3113th [flop]: w.ho need a It . o s rVices are no its kind in Sydenham and will plentiiiil But we do have a few be located next door to the people who have aslight disa- Meactlowlgoal: 'Eenligrs Apart- bility. or airs on aldilsabifhty men s. o UI Ings are enSion, an can 00 a ter owned by the Loughborough themselves in a smaller Housing Corporation, an inde.. space," she explained. pendent corporation which Weston said the difference repelves funding from the. betwetnaymior? complex and Ministry of Housing. a nursmg home is the. amount wipeg1t,ivgsei1,ipri/ggtle1nt 1cuacinterot,', by residents of me. apartments, with rent set at "We don't provide any care the lowest possible unit per rent available on the market _ . set by the Ministry of Housing. V The other 20 units will be "rent ' geared to income." apart- ments. These units are rented to tenants at a cost of 25% of the individual's monthly Income. Sandra Weston, Administra- tor of the Loughborough Hous- ing Corporation, manages the everyday activities at the two buildings. She says the official opening at the site will not take place until the spring, but that the corporation plans to start housing people in the next couple of weeks. r” t "We will be housing people l right now, and we expect to have the facility til ed by sometime in March." Weston says so far the response to the new facility has