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Funding covers 75 per cent of Nanaimo affordable housing project

Apr 5, 2017 | 3:14 PM

NANAIMO — The province’s pre-election spending spree continues and another Nanaimo project is benefitting.

On Wednesday, the BC government announced $4.6 million worth of funding for the Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre’s affordable housing project on Bowen Rd.

Construction of the 25-unit, $6.2 million project is underway and is expected to be completed in about 11 months.

The City of Nanaimo sold the land to the Aboriginal Centre for $1 last year.