Kitchener church's housing project receives $5.5M in federal and provincial funding
Project will renovate unused classroom space into 41 housing units
A housing project in downtown Kitchener that will see a church renovate unused classroom spaces into affordable housing units has received $5.5 million in funding.
The funds were announced Friday as part of the Canada-Ontario Community Housing Initiative. Through the $46-million initiative, the federal government will provide more than $30 million and more than $15 million will come from the province.
Federal Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion Ahmed Hussen was in Kitchener for the announcement along with Ontario's Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark as well as local politicians.
St. Peter's Lutheran Church on Queen Street North announced in 2022 it wanted to create 41 affordable housing units at its downtown location. Last week, the church received $8.9 million in funding from the Region of Waterloo for the project.
The goal of the project is to have it ready for people to move in by summer 2024.
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