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Affordable Housing should include

I own a nice house that one would think was affordable from the outside. But in fact the bank owns a large percentage. Thus I pay a large monthly mortgage to the bank. As I home owner I am required to pay municipal taxes, electricity, water, sewer, and any repairs to that house. Thus I pay almost 60% of my income on housing. But I never hear of homeowners in the conversation about affordable housing.

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Young Family's Future

My wife and I have two young children and we were very fortunate to be able to buy a house in Gravenhurst in 2021. We both worked professional jobs and saved money every way we could, but ultimately it took considerable help from my wife's parents to be able to buy a small home. We were extremely fortunate, and we both understand it was really luck that allowed us to buy a place. We struggle to pay the mortgage but we need a place to live and one day we'll benefit from being able to buy in. So many of…

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Retired about 2 years ago

Totally agree! Hard enough covering my own expenses

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