More housing funding could be on the way for Windsor [Video]

The City of Windsor is on the right path to adding much needed housing inventory to the stock, according to city officials.

“Adding additional housing stock to our community is only going to be a net positive for the folks who need it,” said manager of housing at Family Services Windsor, after hearing the city has surpassed housing targets for the year by eight percent.

There have been 1,179 housing starts leaving the city in a position to access provincial funding through the Building Faster Fund (BFF).

“There’s probably a thousand ways we could use that money, but our goal is to make sure that we invest it in housing, enabling infrastructure,” said mayor Drew Dilkens, who points the funding isn’t move the world money but can incrementally improve the community through construction among other things.

“A lot of capital work that has to be done to help support the …