At a local level, the Town of St. Marys can only do so much to increase and diversify the town’s housing stock to deal with the housing crisis on a local level.
That was the message Stephen Giustizia, the town’s affordable development housing consultant, delivered to St. Marys council at its special priorities committee meting May 20 during a review of the town’s Opening Doors – An Attainable Housing Action Plan, first approved by council in February 2023.