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Millionaire builds 99 tiny homes to help his community (www.cbc.ca)
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After selling his software business for millions, Marcel Lebrun decided to pour his time and money into an affordable housing project in Fredericton. CBC’s Harry Forestell takes a closer look at the 12 Neighbours community and its impact on the people who live there.

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[-] bartleby1@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

but presumably you’re getting social assistance, no? it’s sort of like a Basic Income

[-] girlfreddy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Only with an address. If you have no address you can't register.

That said there are a rare few agencies that allow people to use the agency address to start the process, but that's the exception rather than the rule.

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