{"id":810385,"date":"2026-07-18T16:10:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T16:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/810385\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T16:10:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T16:10:20","slug":"nearly-all-410-affordable-units-in-londons-village-soho-have-been-rented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/810385\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly all 410 affordable units in London’s Village SoHo have been rented"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nearly all of the 410 affordable apartments in London, Ont.’s Village SoHo have been rented, with tenants now moving into four of the project’s five newly completed apartment buildings.<\/p>\n

Six non-profit organizations have been working since 2020 to transform the former Victoria Hospital lands in London’s SoHo neighbourhood into a 690-unit mixed-income community that combines affordable, supportive and market-rate housing.<\/p>\n

“To see the buildings finished, and people moving in very happy with what they’re finding, it’s a very good feeling,” said Greg Playford, a member of the London Community Foundation’s Housing Action Committee.<\/p>\n

“It really makes all those volunteer hours getting this organized worth it when you see people housed and living a better life.”<\/p>\n

\"AGreg Playford is a member of the London Community Foundation’s Housing Action Commitee. (Jack Sutton\/CBC)<\/p>\n

The final new apartment building, along with two restored historic hospital buildings, is expected to be completed in 2027, Playford said.<\/p>\n

The project has faced significant challenges along the way. In 2023, construction was delayed after Indwell, one of the non-profit partners, had to secure additional funding to continue redeveloping the former War Memorial Children’s Hospital and Victoria Health Services Building into supportive housing. <\/p>\n

Playford gave a tour of the building located at 351 Hill St., built by Homes Unlimited. The building includes 40 affordable apartments and 56 market-rate units. <\/p>\n

\"AVillage SoHo consists of five new rental buildings, in addition to two renovated and repurposed historic hospital buildings. (Jack Sutton\/CBC)<\/p>\n

Playford said demand has also been strong for the market-rate apartments, which he noted are priced below typical market rents because they are owned and operated by non-profit organizations.<\/p>\n

One-bedroom units start at about $1,600 a month, while two-bedroom apartments start at about $2,200.<\/p>\n

“We’re getting lots of traffic,” Playford said. “We’re optimistic the building will be filled soon.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":810386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-810385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/810386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}