SUBSIDIZED HOUSING k^^J I, Me " in -^ 1 3 Tift-" 1 1 -m •v«Pi^te^^* > mgM ' —>-^m~^^^^m 1^^* r H^^HI^ O'Leary was the first community on Prince Edward Island to apply for and receive funding for subsidized housing for its citizens. A committee consisting of Wendell Turner , George Dewar , Eric Shaw and Ronald Turner worked for two years (April 17, 1972-1974) through a bureaucratic maze for the project to become a reality. This is detailed in Life at Leighwood by Dr. L.G. Dewar . FP 1, consisting of five separate duplexes on was opened in 1974. Each of the ten commodious units contains four bedrooms. FP 4 was opened in 1984 adjacent to FP 1. It has five apartments in one building. In 1987 PWL on and 1 on Avenue were officially opened. Each of these consist¬ ed of two duplexes with four apartments. Ann Turner , Henry MacPherson , Douglas Smith, Rankin MacKinnon and Ken McCormick deserve much recognition for their efforts in this area. O'LEARY LEGION JUBILEE HOME The above mentioned home was first suggested to the O'Leary Legion in 1976 as a Jubilee Year Project by Comrade Arnold MacDonald . A committee was formed to look into the feasibility and need for a home of this nature in the Community of O'Leary. Finally after many years and meetings with government, C.M.H.C . and other interested parties, the financial and other business was final- 191