MEMO TO: Mayor & Council July 6th, 1975

FROM: L.D. Pollock, City Administrator JUL 12 1976

Re: GVRD Housing Development - Coast Meridian Road

Attached is a letter from Maureen Noir of the Housing Department
asking for guidance from Council in selecting tenants for their Housing Project

that are in receipt of Sccial Assistance. She advises their policy is to give

priority to Port Coquitlam residents; however, they do have two applicants from

the Vancouver area that desperately require housing and the Housing Corporation

would like to accept them as tenants.

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Council may wish to leave the selection of tenants entirely up to the
‘Housing Corporation; however, if Council wishes to state a policy, a resolution

along the following lines could be passed:

“When selecting tenants for Meridian Village, Council agrees with
the stated policy of the Vancouver Housing Corporation in giving priority to
Port Coquitlam residents; however, the Housing Corporation may give considera~
tion to applicants from outside of the City who are in receipt of Social
Assistance where there are extenuating circumstances."

The attached letter mentions extra cost attached to permitting
welfare recipients in from outside of the area. As far as I am aware, there
would be no extra cost attached. The City's per capita cost for welfare is

fixed regardless of the number of welfare recipients in the area.

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City Administrator

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Attachment.