Tonight, our club was honoured to have Reverend Matthew McMillan from St. Mary's Anglican Church come to speak to us. The Reverend spoke about the Richmond Hill Ecumenical Homes Corporation, of which he is the newest board member. This organization has three apartments with approximately 500 units in Richmond Hill that provides housing:
1. at below market rates
2. at subsidized rates
3. at geared to income rates
Richmond Hill is one of the most expensive communities to live in Canada. So it is not surprising that there are many people who have difficulty affording a place to live here. In fact, there is currently a 14 year waiting list to get into one of their units.
The reverend shared some of their future plans, and hope to be able to add an additional building in Richmond Hill. The Richmond Hill Ecumenical Homes Corporation provides a service that is so essential to our community. Thank you Reverend McMillan.
Below we have a photo of Reverend McMillan with our club president Richard Housen and Rotarian Paul Thomas.
