Council approves physician housing request, despite mayor’s concerns

Kasenberg: “I think this proposition that we essentially pay to hold apartments for medical learners is tone deaf to the challenges of the precariously housed in our community, where we offer no such similar program.”

April 3, 2025 @ 7:16 amListowel Banner, News

LISTOWEL – After several lengthy conversations, spanning multiple council meetings, North Perth Council voted to approve a request from the Listowel Memorial Hospital (LMH) for $50,000 annually to support housing for resident doctors in training. Near the beginning of the year, on Jan. 17, 2025, North Perth council received a letter from the Listowel Memorial…

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Kelsey Bent is a Local Journalism Initiative Reporter with Midwestern Newspapers.