London has a new affordable housing apartment [Video]

The first tenants are moving into a London’s newest affordable apartment building at 345 Sylvan St. in Old South, and the building’s operator is assuring neighbours that mistakes made a couple years ago at a nearby building will not be repeated.

London Middlesex Community Housing (LMCH) has collaborated with city staff on new criteria for selecting tenants, and improvements that control access inside the common areas will prevent some of the problems plaguing a similar building at 122 Baseline Rd. W. that opened a 2022.

In June, a tenant on Baseline Road expressed concern to CTV News about safety and cleanliness around the building, including rampant drug use.

A month later, 48-year-old Darko Lucik died after being found severely beaten on the property.

“What we learn from 122 Baseline [Road] is you don’t want to put people with really high acuity, meaning people who need a lot of supports, into …