As people get ready to cast their ballots in Kingston’s municipal election, development and housing affordability and access are emerging as key issues.
Ivan Stoiljokovic is among four mayoral candidates. He has worked with those experiencing homelessness, and as a transit driver.“Housing is the biggest, largest, single expense for an average Canadian family. This is what we need to do,” explains Stoiljokovic.
“We shouldn’t build new until we have a concrete answer as to who is living in our city, where are they living, so that we can strategically build housing around that,” explains Fraser.
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