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Four years after getting zoning approval, a 12-unit affordable supportive housing project earmarked for single mothers in Regina is about to start seeing its first tenants move in.
MayBell Developments says the first four units of Lilium Village have been completed in the former Trinity Lutheran Church parking lot. MayBell already operates a 50-space daycare in part of the church building in Regina’s Heritage neighbourhood.
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Each duplex-style unit has three bedrooms and one bathroom on two floors, with laundry built-in.
“They’re fantastic, small little units developed in a way that focuses on the relational aspect, so that we’re not focusing on the material,” board chair Victoria Aspinall told reporters.
The homes are meant to be transitional in nature, with clients staying for two to five years. Rent will be based on 30 per cent of household income, with eligibility determined under the low-income guidelines of the Saskatchewan Household Income Maximum.
There is already a waiting list of around 30 people, Aspinall said.
Support rogramming will focus on financial literacy, work readiness, and tenancy education.
“It’s important at this time to have not just affordable housing, but affordable supportive housing,” Aspinall explained.
“We want to make sure that the people that we’re serving aren’t cycling through the affordable housing and then ending up right back where they were originally.”
The units were built with financial contributions from the City of Regina and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., as well as donors and tradespeople who worked for reduced rates.
Aspinall said more contributions will be needed in the future to help ensure programming remains in place.
“We really want our staff, our executive director and our women’s case worker to be able to focus on the people, on building the relationships that are required for a project like this, and we don’t want them to have to focus on the overhead.”
The project is expected to come in just under its $3.45 million budget.
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