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SYDNEY MINES, N.S. — Christmas is coming early on the Northside for 26 people who will soon be moving into affordable housing units built by a local non-profit organization.
“So just one person getting in here affects probably 75 or 80 people in their family. We multiply that again by 22 — there is a lot of spinoff from what we're doing. Julian said New Deal and its volunteers, including Future Growth president Clarence Dawe, care so deeply because they personally interviewed the people who applied to live in the units.
'Most of the citizens are against this'; Cape Breton rapid housing initiative presses on as residents grapple with location “That's what makes all the time and the effort and the frustration worth it — just to see the folks that are getting in, how happy they are and it's going to change their whole life for the better.”
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