United Housing, a subsidiary of the United Way Perth-Huron, has launched its first-ever community bond offering to help fund the Music Hall Apartments in Listowel — an affordable housing project transforming unused downtown space into new homes.

“For the first time a United Way, in our case through United Housing, is offering community bonds to raise capital for a housing project and we couldn’t be more thrilled,” Ryan Erb, the local United Way’s executive director, in a press release. “This innovative approach allows community members, corporations, and organizations to invest directly in affordable housing for the first time in our region.”

Community bonds are social impact investments that allow individuals and organizations to support local projects, such as affordable housing, while

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