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Component
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Issues
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JustShelter
Task
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Design
for Community
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Typical
suburban neighbourhoods, the source for most who may move in, lack a
social cohesion that encourages neighbourliness.
The choice of urban design principles has a significant
impact on community quality.
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Urban
planning guidelines will be proposed to promote the most positive
elements of a community, including walkability, ease of social
interaction, and a human, rather than automobile, oriented
landscape.
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Design
for Health
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The
health care system will suffer tremendous strain as Baby Boomers
begin to make greater demands on services.
We are also living longer.
A home’s physical layout and the materials used for
construction have a significant impact on health and long term and
independence.
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Recommendations
will be made to ensure design specifications consider the latest
research in universal design principles.
Further, recommendations will be made to ensure superior
indoor air
quality through careful selection of materials and HVAC
specifications.
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Design
for the Environment
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Our
physical environment is suffering substantially from the over
consumption and carelessness of the wealthiest of this world.
Further environmental harm is latent in current building
practices. As
a matter of stewardship, we will encourage a developer will respond by
ensuring that care for the environment is critical to its mission.
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Recommendations
will be made to ensure that materials are selected, building
practices are chosen, and management principles are in place to
ensure a positive impact on the environment.
We
add that not only is environmental concern the right thing to do, it
is marketable.
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Amenities
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A
good community must have venues and amenities that add to the
quality of life. At
the same time they must actually be desired and usable.
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The
market research will provide a list of amenities that are desired by
the purchasers. We
will be proposing commercial/retail uses.
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Health
Promotion
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Health
maintenance is a key element for this age group.
Hospital stays put relatively healthy people at risk of
unrelated illnesses. Most
seniors are less able to care for themselves after a hospital stay,
even if they have recovered from the reason for the initial visit.
Essentially, we see communities for seniors to be on the
front line of the health system.
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Recommendations
will be provided for a variety of services involving social and
physical activation, emergency home care, and health education.
As well, a method of payment for these services will be
proposed.
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Legal
Documents
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The
purchase documents provide the framework for the legal
relationships, definition of responsibilities, and expectations.
They are foundational to the success of the community.
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With
advice and review from competent legal sources, JustShelter shall
prepare the offers to purchase or lease, the tenure documents,
regulations, policies, and the purchase of services.
Further
the process shall be put in place for home upgrades or alternations.
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Financial
Strategy
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Financing
such a development will require a strategy that builds upon the land
value as well as the deposits of purchasers and other funding
sources.
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JustShelter
will advise on establishing on methods to ensure sufficient
equity is in place for bank financing.
JustShelter
shall also work with the lender/mortgage brokers in obtaining
financing.
Government
grants will be explored and, if appropriate, blended with the
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Capital
Budget
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The
capital budget must account for the phased approach necessary for
the size of this development. The
budget is the key financial document.
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JustShelter
shall be responsible for the creation of the overall capital budget,
placing controls on the cash flow, and reporting as required.
Financial record keeping shall be a negotiated item.
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Developer
Revenue
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Most
developments have a purpose of creating a long-term benefit to the
developer, either as added equity or a service to a particular
population. Structuring
this development to meet this objective shall be one of the key
elements.
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We
will make recommendations on how this may be done in a way that is
best for the developer and market acceptability.
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