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Check out the latest news about Leduc Regional Housing Foundation below.

Leduc, AB – Leduc Regional Housing Foundation (LRHF) announced today that they have broken ground on their Gaetz Landing II project, an addition to the existing Gaetz Landing.  The Gaetz Landing II project will see an additional 24 one-bedroom units along with an elevator added to the existing building. A minimum of 25 per cent of those units will be dedicated to women fleeing violence and 25 per cent of the units will be fully accessible.

The Gaetz Landing II project was made possible through the collaboration and commitment of funding from Leduc Regional Housing Foundation and all three levels of government - municipal, provincial and federal.

In December of 2022, Leduc Regional Housing Foundation committed to contribute $1.4 million $650,000 in cash plus land.

In January of this year, the seven (7) municipalities within the Leduc Region — Leduc County, City of Leduc, City of Beaumont, Town of Devon, Town of  Calmar, Town of  Thorsby,  and Village of Warburg — came together to contribute $500,000 towards the project.

In April of this year, the Government of Alberta announced that Leduc Regional Housing Foundation were the recipients of $2 million in joint funding through the Canada-Alberta Bilateral Agreement under the National Housing Strategy.

The much anticipated expansion project came to realization with today’s announcement from the Government of Canada that Leduc Regional Housing Foundation will receive $4.7 million towards the project as part of the Rapid Housing Initiative (RHI).

“Leduc Regional Housing Foundation is very proud of the services that we offer throughout the seven municipalities of the Leduc Region.  We are excited to announce the addition of 24 more units to our housing portfolio with the Gaetz Landing II project.  This vision came to reality with the support and commitment of the Leduc Regional Housing Foundation Board and all three levels of government: municipal, provincial and federal.” - Margot Hagarty, Executive Director. 

The breakdown of funding for this project is as follows:

• $4.7 million under the Projects Stream of the third round of the Rapid Housing Initiative

• $2 million of joint funding through the Canada-Alberta Bilateral Agreement under the National Housing Strategy (NHS)  

• $500,000 from the Municipalities of the Leduc Region

• $650,000 in cash plus land = $1.4 million from Leduc Regional Housing Foundation

“As Chair of the Leduc Regional Housing Foundation, I am very pleased to have been one of the successful applications for affordable housing funding in our province. We are grateful to receive the support from all three orders of government. We look forward to these partnerships continuing to grow the much needed housing stock to meet the increasing demand for affordable, accessible and appropriate housing in the Leduc region.” - Kathy Barnhart, Board Chair

Gaetz Landing II is expected to open in the Spring of 2024.