The Town of Gander bought a building to help fix its housing problems, but the province has now bought its OWN building to do the same. Gander Mayor Percy Farwell reacted to the news.

CBC Newfoundland Morning

About two years ago, the Town of Gander bought an abandoned church. The plan was to convert it into transitional housing to help address their homelessness problem. Last Spring, Gander mayor Percy Farwell told CBC he was frustrated at the lack of support from the province in seeing this plan develop. This week, Housing Minister John Abbott was on our show. He announced the province had purchased a different building in Gander with similar plans of providing transitional housing options. CBC's Martin Jones spoke with Gander mayor Percy Farwell for his perspective.