ONTARIO NON - PROFIT HOUSING ASSOCIATION
Who knew? Affordable Housing Grows on Trees qc.onpha.on.ca/2022/03/who-knew-affordable-housing-grows-on-trees/ Staff
March 22, 2022
Element5’s sustainable, Ontario-grown affordable housing solution By: Patrick Chouinard, Founder and VP Market Strategy and Corporate Communications, Element5 LP
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YWCA, Kitchener, Ontario
The building in the photograph above was recently constructed for the YWCA in Kitchener, Ontario. It was funded by the federal government’s Rapid Housing Initiative in support of women who experience chronic homelessness. The structure of the 26,000 square foot, four-storey, 41-unit apartment building is made entirely out of Mass Timber, including floors, demising walls, roof, elevator shafts, stair wells, and exterior walls. And, if you can believe it, the structure was assembled in just 20 working days.
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