{"id":8899,"date":"2025-11-13T01:20:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T04:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/11\/13\/money-for-upgrades-at-moncton-seniors-building-arrives-just-in-time-manager-says\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T01:20:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T04:20:41","slug":"money-for-upgrades-at-moncton-seniors-building-arrives-just-in-time-manager-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/11\/13\/money-for-upgrades-at-moncton-seniors-building-arrives-just-in-time-manager-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Money for upgrades at Moncton seniors building arrives just in time, manager says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>New BrunswickThe Golden Terraces seniors housing co-op, with a waitlist of more than 300 people, might have had to close without the provincial funding announced Wednesday for upgrades, the manager says.Minister commits to more affordable housing to prevent seniors from ending up on the street.Victoria Walton  \u00b7 CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Nov 12, 2025 4:21 PM EST | Last Updated: 3 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.The Golden Terraces building at 43 High St. in Moncton received $600,000 earlier for new siding and windows but is getting that amount again to make the units more livable for seniors. (Victoria Walton \/ CBC)A 39-unit apartment building on High Street in Moncton is getting some much-needed upgrades.The Golden Terraces seniors housing co-op, built more than 30 years ago, first applied for funding from the New Brunswick Housing Corporation four years ago. \u201cSo we had leaky windows, we have problems with the roof, not enough heat in the building,\u201d said building manager Sandra Agudello.Today, with residents ranging from their early 60s up to 100 years old, Agudello said, upgrades for accessible bathrooms and a new elevator are also needed.Sandra Agudello says that without the money from government, the building would probably have to close.   (Victoria Walton\/CBC)Some financial help arrived in 2022-23, and Housing Minister David Hickey announced more on Wednesday, to bring the total to $1.2 million.\u201cWe cannot lose more affordable units,\u201d Hickey said.He said the upgrades will allow residents \u201ca lot more dignity\u201d and also help extend the lifespan of the buildings.More money neededThe first allocation of funds was mainly used to repair the exterior of the building \u2014 new windows and new siding, for example.Agudello said the additional money announced on Wednesday, $600,000, will help with bathroom upgrades and things such as mini-splits and air-conditioning units. The process to get the funding was complicated, Algudello said.\u201cThe application is not friendly, and then through COVID, we had many setbacks with the contractors and getting things,\u201d she said. \u201cSo it\u2019s been, it\u2019s been a long, long, long process.\u201dWATCH |  300 people on waitlist for this affordable seniors housing building:Moncton housing complex for seniors gets money for upgrades after long waitResidents and New Brunswick housing minister agree that more projects like this need to be financed to prevent seniors from ending up on the street. Hickey acknowledged more help is needed for complexes like Golden Terraces to prevent seniors and other New Brunswickers from ending up without a home.\u201cWe need to make sure that seniors have that stability and that dignity of housing, especially in situations where homelessness is becoming more and more the only option for seniors in Moncton and in New Brunswick.\u201dHickey said the province plans to announce more projects in the coming weeks as part of its housing taskforce, both in Moncton and other parts of the province.\u201cThere\u2019s a couple of projects that we have targeted for Moncton and hope to be able to make those announcements in the next month or so.\u201dNowhere else to goThe rent for the units at Golden Terraces ranges from $625 to $725, depending on the size. Residents like Julia Sheehan wouldn\u2019t be able to afford anywhere else.\u201cIf I would have to pay $1,500 for one bedroom, I wouldn\u2019t be able to,\u201d Sheehan said.Sheehan said she has children and family, but if she were to lose this unit, she doesn\u2019t know what she would do.\u201cI really don\u2019t know. I\u2019m at the last step, I think.\u201dJulia Sheehan has been living Golden Terraces building for over a year and said she doesn\u2019t know where she\u2019d go if she had to leave. (Victoria Walton\/CBC)Sheehan also sees the need in her community for more housing, especially affordable housing for people like her.\u201cThere\u2019s too many people on the street. It\u2019s too hard.\u201dWithout the provincial support, Agudello said, the building would likely have had to close down. And it wouldn\u2019t just be the current residents who are affected but future ones too.\u201cWe have a waiting list right now, for this building, of 300 people,\u201d she said.Hickey said he realizes the situation is dire, and the government is committed to making \u201crecord investments\u201d on the affordable housing crisis.\u201cIn particular in Moncton, where just this past month we\u2019ve got over 500 people on the street,\u201d he said.\u201cWe need to make sure that we\u2019re protecting the investments that have already been made that have fallen through the cracks over three decades or more of consistent neglect and underfunding.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New BrunswickThe Golden Terraces seniors housing co-op, with a waitlist of more than 300 people, might have had to close without the provincial funding announced Wednesday for upgrades, the manager says.Minister commits to more affordable housing to prevent seniors from ending up on the street.Victoria Walton \u00b7 CBC News \u00b7 Posted: Nov 12, 2025 4:21 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,125,1],"tags":[116,124],"class_list":["post-8899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-indigenous","category-new-brunswick","category-uncategorized","tag-indigenous","tag-new-brunswick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}