THUNDER BAY — No matter where you are in Northwestern Ontario, CEO of Smart Modular Canada Bill Boulton told Newswatch, they are seeing a need for affordable housing .
“Everywhere is in the same problem. Even our own little area, Fort Frances has no housing or you buy, rent or whatever… And Nipigon has the same problem. Geraldton has got the same problem. And even Rainy River was here yesterday and they have the same issues,” Boulton said.
Smart Modular Canada is a local company that produces residential and commercial modular buildings. They received a $400,000 grant from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation to help ramp up production of modular buildings for rural communities and first nations.
Thunder Bay-Atikokan MPP Kevin Holland announced the funding on Thursday.
He said that smart modular homes are “going to be key” to making sure the province is “meeting that housing demand.”
“This announcement is so vital to ensuring that we have the sustainability and the viability and improving our business operations for the jobs in the north that we need,” Holland said.
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