Mayor and housing

I took this article from the Country 94 News blog. While its not rare for a mayoral candidate to pledge this that or the other this I suspect the mayor is being genuine. I know the mayor has spoken on growing up poor and the importance of quality housing and inclusive communities.

• AFFORDABLE HOUSING CAMPAIGN PLEDGE BY INCUMBANT MAYOR

• There is still a long way to go to satisfy a need in the city for affordable housing--- 9 hundred names are still on the waiting list for an affordable place to live and incumbant mayor Norm MacFarlane is pledging to help remedy the problem if re-elected next month. MacFarlane addressed the issue while launching the 3rd plank of his campaign's social strategy platform and says affordable housing falls under the mandate of the provincial and federal governments so all three levels must be at the table.
  If MacFarlane comes out top dog in the May 12th vote he wants to see more land bought by the city and then sold or given to Saint John Non-Profit Housing along with grants to cover the costs of hookups on the properties.

I hope the city hears many announcements about support for housing (such as the one about John Rocca building 24 affordable units) into the future. It would be good to see some more uptown developments including affordable housing - I for one am a big fan of the Leinster Court building as it is integrative and uptown.