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What’s Stopping New Homes, Who’s Stepping Up for the Homeless, and a Surprising Tool for Grief
Welcome back to What Barrie’s Talking About, the podcast that dives into the stories shaping our community. This week, host Dan Blakeley and the Barrie 360 team take a closer look at housing, homelessness, healing, and hockey.
Housing Hits a Wall
Where’s all the housing we keep hearing about? Despite government incentives and cuts to red tape, new housing projects in Ontario — including here in Barrie — have slowed dramatically.
The Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) says housing starts are down an average of 40% across 34 municipalities it studied, and gave most of them a…
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