At the August 23rd Town Council meeting there was a request from Habitat For Humanity seeking relief from planning fees that they paid to the Town for a new house built at 238 Peel Street in Acton. The planning fees amount to about $3000.Council unanimously supported reimbursing the fees. I believe that this great way to support low cost housing in a very responsible and effective manner.
Habitat has been operating in Halton for about 10 years. They build houses and sell them to low-income families on a no-profit, not interest basis. Families in turn provide sweat equity by volunteering their own services to help build other houses. Many volunteer hours and donated materials result in an extremely low cost solution to assist families in need.
The 3 Habitat houses pictured above are located on John Street in Georgetown.
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