Business View Civil and Municipal | Volume 2, Issue 10

80 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 2, ISSUE 10 they were able to work from home and they had an extra 10 to 15 hours. So they thought, ‘hey, this is pretty good’. And then they realized their options here. People will still go in to work, but from what I’m hearing, it might be they are going into the GTA for two days to work instead of coming up here for two days on the weekend. So they are going to be up here five days and two days in Toronto, rather than the other way around.” While that is great for the local economy, it is also problematic and has been for quite some time. As a tourist town they need affordable housing for those working in the tourism and service industries, and right now the average sale price for a house is well over $1 million. The Town set to work creating the Attainable Housing Corporation to figure out how to bring in development of smaller, more affordable homes for young professionals. Two-thirds of the town’s population is currently over 60 and they Mayor, Alar Soever