Written by SCOTT STANFIELD
Citizen staff
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 |
Claudette Plante, manager of the Elizabeth Fry Housing Society, left, and Community Policing co-ordinator Dianne Sears announced the first two crime-free multi-housing rental communities in the city on Tuesday at Rainbow Village. (Citizen staff photo)
The Crime Free Multi-Housing Program (CFMH) gives apartment and townhouse complex owners, managers and residents tools to help keep illegal and nuisance activity away from their rental property.
Rainbow Village and Irwin Place -- after following a three-step certification process -- are the first two crime-free multi-housing rental communities in the city.
"There's been a lot of hard work done by the residents and the managers and the staff," Community Policing co-ordinator Dianne Sears said in a Tuesday announcement at Rainbow Village.
"This program we are very pleased to be a part of because it really enhances this goal and vision of our agency," Claudette Plante, manager of the Prince George and District Elizabeth Fry Housing Society, said in reference to an agency philosophy that says everyone is deserving of a safe place to live. "We continue to be excited about taking a leadership role in this and other opportunities that are going to strengthen the health and well-being of our community."
Sears said there are at least two other apartment buildings that have gone through the second phase of the certification process.
"We would like to take this time to encourage them to continue their hard work," Sears said.
Community Policing plans to host a Phase 1 workshop in late February to encourage a greater number of apartment owners and managers to become aware of how to make their properties crime-free certified.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 25 November 2008 )
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I would like to see this program expand to rental houses, duplexes and the like. If I were a property owner, I'd welcome the opportunity to participate, because such a program would have a neat little side-effect--it would help to reduce the Damage done by illegal operations, saving me tons of money, and it would give me a hand-up in finding the kind of renters that I would want to have.
Good Luck to the organizers! This program has the potential of benefitting both renters and property owners and maybe, just maybe, a positive relationship without the cloud of suspicion on both sides could once again prevail.
Gooooooooooood Stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!