MEDIA ADVISORY - Families set to receive keys to homes at Habitat for Humanity GTA's largest build project to date
Home dedication ceremony welcomes 15 Habitat homeowners into the community
TORONTO, Oct. 24, 2017 /CNW/ - Habitat for Humanity GTA will be joined by over one hundred members of the community, including, Etobicoke-Lakeshore MPP Peter Milczyn, Minister of Housing and responsible for the Poverty Reduction Strategy, Habitat volunteers, and donors, as they welcome 15 Habitat homeowners and their families into their new Habitat homes. The Pinery Trail home dedication ceremony marks an important moment in the charity's history, as they celebrate homeownership for the first 15 families moving into homes at their largest build project to date, a 50-unit townhome development in Scarborough. People moving into the homes are working, low-income families that have been living in crowded, unhealthy, unsafe, and unaffordable rental accommodations. All families have completed 500 volunteer hours of "sweat equity" in lieu of a cash down payment on their homes, and take on the responsibility of a Habitat for Humanity mortgage.
| What: |
Pinery Trail Home Dedication Ceremony |
| When: |
Tuesday, October 24th from 9:30 am - 11:30 am |
| ***9:30 am photo opportunity with Etobicoke-Lakeshore MPP Peter Milczyn, Minister of Housing and Minister responsible for the Poverty Reduction Strategy, Habitat for Humanity GTA CEO, Ene Underwood, and Habitat homeowner, Michelle Mouldey, swinging hammers and building together.*** |
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| Where: |
140 Pinery Trail (near Nielson Rd. & Finch Ave. E) |
| Who: |
Ene Underwood, Habitat for Humanity GTA, CEO |
| Peter Milczyn, Etobicoke-Lakeshore MPP, Minister of Housing and Minister responsible for the Poverty Reduction Strategy |
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| Michelle Mouldey, Habitat for Humanity GTA Homeowner |
To learn more about Habitat for Humanity GTA, visit www.habitatgta.ca.
About Habitat for Humanity GTA
Habitat for Humanity Greater Toronto Area is a non-profit housing organization that brings communities together to help working, low-income families build strength, stability and independence through affordable homeownership. With the support of donors and volunteers, we build homes alongside partner families in Toronto, Brampton, Caledon, and York Region. Since 1988, Habitat for Humanity GTA has built more than 360 homes for families, including over 1,000 children.
SOURCE Habitat for Humanity GTA
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