Oceanside Homelessness Task Force – District 69, Parksville, BC
Finding Solutions for Our Community's Homeless
VICTORIA — Media and local officials took a behind-the-scenes tour of the Tiny Homes Village in Victoria, which is set to receive its first 30 occupants on May 12. https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/inside-victoria-s-tiny-homes-village-made-of-converted-shipping-containers-1.5408034 Continue reading Inside Victoria’s Tiny Homes Village made of converted shipping containers
Last Friday, 12 people moved into the first cluster of little sleeping cabins on a Duncan parking lot. The eight-foot-by-eight-foot rooms have a window, a door, a plug, an electric baseboard heater and a bed. Another two clusters are in progress. Cost: a little less than $7,000 a cabin. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-bcs-tiny-houses-show-big-promise-for-homeless/ Continue reading B.C.’s tiny homes show big promise for homeless
The container homes began as a local Rotary Club project and now Dawn to Dawn Action on Homelessness is helping find a home for people either from the streets or other non-suitable housing. Continue reading Container homes the answer to homelessness, says Comox Valley group
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
Oceanside Homelessness Task Force - District 69, Parksville, BC 