The December 2 Housing Forum at Mansons Hall (Part 1)

Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Cortes Community Housing Society and Regional Director Mark Vonesch will be teaming up to hold a Housing Forum at Mansons Hall from 10 AM to 12:30 on December 2. 

"Cortes is a very innovative community. We have an incredible 'can do' resilient spirit on this island and have done amazing things. I do think that Cortes could be a real leader for the province, and the country, around rural housing solutions. With the resources and the ingenuity, the land, the partnerships, I think we can do some amazing things here on Cortes," explained Sadhu Johnston, Executive Director of the Cortes Community Housing Society. 

"Even buying Rainbow Ridge: 50 acres and having it owned by the community in our central population hub on the island is a really significant step forward. Now we want to put more housing there and we want to create opportunities for  community members to build housing elsewhere on the island." 

"We can solve this, and I think we need to do it quickly because  many more people are discovering Cortes and are moving here.  We need to work as a community quickly to ensure that the people that are here that are inadequately housed, that we find solutions to support them to stay here, or the very fabric of our community  is at risk."