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COVID-19 pandemic magnifies challenges of being homeless: ‘Our people here are just trying to survive from day to day’

For many people in this tent city, B.C.’s fentanyl-poisoning overdose crisis, which has claimed far more lives than COVID, is of greater concern than the pandemic. https://vancouversun.com/news/postpandemic/pandemic-magnifies-challenges-of-being-homeless-our-people-here-are-just-trying-to-survive-from-day-to-day Continue reading COVID-19 pandemic magnifies challenges of being homeless: ‘Our people here are just trying to survive from day to day’

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Developer, coalition pitch ‘tiny homes’ for homeless in Victoria

Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness and a developer are joining forces to raise $500,000 to convert 30 shipping containers into a temporary “tiny homes” village in the CRD. https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/developer-coalition-pitch-tiny-homes-for-homeless-using-shipping-containers-1.24251777 Continue reading Developer, coalition pitch ‘tiny homes’ for homeless in Victoria