Housing crisis

Ken & Carol Gorham | Dec 01, 2021

Is there a housing crisis in Frontenac, yupper!  We have rented an old farm house on the outskirts of Ompah for the past 13 years. Our landlord decided to sell while the prices were right & we found ourselves searching for a new rental property.

To our surprise there were none available!  I called Salvation Army Rural Housing & talked to Lou McBride on this issue & she said there are no properties available in all of Frontenac, what!  That was three months ago & we have had 100 people searching out a suitable home, farmhouse to meet the needs of our family.  We have checked everything from abandoned homes & farm houses to no avail. 

Because of word of mouth tagged team with praye,r we have had a person of compassion make a way that we will have a roof over our heads for Christmas. For many in our region & across Canada that may not be the case. One example is a family of 7 that I know who are living in a RV.

Can you imagine yourself in that situation, not.

Many people have been homeless for 6 months.  I am writing this to encourage others who have rental properties or even a basement apartment for rent to call Salvation Army Rural Housing & let Lou McBride 613-507-6868 or Beth Freeland 613-888-5306 as they are the people who know the needs of our homeless. Thankyou to all those who helped us in our time of need & primarily to the Lord Jesus Christ who gave us His peace throughout this traumatic situation.

I did contact our local MP & MPP's offices plus spoken to our mayor & let them know it is time for emergency measures to be put into place as this problem is not going away any time soon.

Again, please help those who are less fortunate than ourselves. Christmas is known as the time of giving, don't be the old Grinch but the one whose heart had been touched & life changed, which in turn changes other lives.

Ken & Carol Gorham