This week two more homes were demolished by Lowndes, the Ferguson and Wilcox homes.
To date the former Whitten, Benotto, Ferguson, Speers and Wilcox homes have been demolished by Highland Companies.
They also own homes on the following properties:
Irwin, Webb, Jamieson, Eichhorn, Ed & Lois Downey, Doug & Sandra Downey, Terry & Barb Prentice, Laverty, Elgie, Paul Irwin, Blake Irwin, Bates, Looby, Wilson, Parson, Lyon and Clayton (21 in total)
This is commonly referred to as Community Depopulation or Rural Blockbusting. It is the practice of demolishing homestead after homestead in our municipality, some of which have stood for more than 150 years.
Not only does it decimate the population base, it also means the rest of us will have to pick up the reduced assessment on these now vacant properties. The municipality needs a certain amount of revenue. Properties with houses are assessed more than vacant land. Now that these properties are vacant, the assessment on them will go down. The municipality however still needs the same amount of money so the rest of us pay, pay, pay.
Irwin, Webb, Jamieson, Eichhorn, Ed & Lois Downey, Doug & Sandra Downey, Terry & Barb Prentice, Laverty, Elgie, Paul Irwin, Blake Irwin, Bates, Looby, Wilson, Parson, Lyon and Clayton (21 in total)
This is commonly referred to as Community Depopulation or Rural Blockbusting. It is the practice of demolishing homestead after homestead in our municipality, some of which have stood for more than 150 years.
Not only does it decimate the population base, it also means the rest of us will have to pick up the reduced assessment on these now vacant properties. The municipality needs a certain amount of revenue. Properties with houses are assessed more than vacant land. Now that these properties are vacant, the assessment on them will go down. The municipality however still needs the same amount of money so the rest of us pay, pay, pay.
Also that means less people to build community capacity. Lets say 20 homes, 4-6 people to a home equals 120 less people to help out at the Beef B Que, to use the local arena, to volunteer on the fire department, etc., etc.
At NDACT’s June 20 public meeting in Honeywood, Highlands minion Mikey Daniher stated these homes were only demolished because they were condemned and uninsurable. However a bit of investigation revealed that the Chief Building Official (CBO) for the County of Dufferin is the only authorized legislative authority to issue an Unsafe Order under the Building Code.
AND the CBO advised in an email dated June 22, 2009, “None of the(se) properties you are asking about have been as you say "condemned" by the County of Dufferin Building Department”
It would appear another untruth by Highland Companies.
Surprise, surprise, surprise!
The 2006 Stats Canada census shows there were 1,103 private dwellings in Melancthon and 1,040,597 private dwellings in Toronto.
Removing 20 houses from Melancthon equals 2% of the total homes. To remove 2% of the total homes in Toronto equals 20,811 homes.
Do you think if some corporation took down 21,000 homes in Toronto in the name of all things great and beautiful that someone in Toronto would NOT take action?
Melancthon Council was provided with a menu of options to stop this Rural Blockbusting, all of which they ignored.
Remember, homes and people are what make a community.
At NDACT’s June 20 public meeting in Honeywood, Highlands minion Mikey Daniher stated these homes were only demolished because they were condemned and uninsurable. However a bit of investigation revealed that the Chief Building Official (CBO) for the County of Dufferin is the only authorized legislative authority to issue an Unsafe Order under the Building Code.
AND the CBO advised in an email dated June 22, 2009, “None of the(se) properties you are asking about have been as you say "condemned" by the County of Dufferin Building Department”
It would appear another untruth by Highland Companies.
Surprise, surprise, surprise!
The 2006 Stats Canada census shows there were 1,103 private dwellings in Melancthon and 1,040,597 private dwellings in Toronto.
Removing 20 houses from Melancthon equals 2% of the total homes. To remove 2% of the total homes in Toronto equals 20,811 homes.
Do you think if some corporation took down 21,000 homes in Toronto in the name of all things great and beautiful that someone in Toronto would NOT take action?
Melancthon Council was provided with a menu of options to stop this Rural Blockbusting, all of which they ignored.
Remember, homes and people are what make a community.
Next municipal election is fall 2010-think about it-seriously...Do we want 4 more years of the puppet master controlling the puppets?
The houses were not condemed they were empty because it was bought out buy the prince of cash. So one township will lose all its life character, It will be an open bit of nothing except mmoney to one person. Good luck to him. What goes around comes around
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