A rendering of the proposed housing improvement within the 900-block of Pandora Avenue. (Courtesy of the Metropolis of Victoria/Improvement Tracker)
20-storey tower with supportive properties pitched for downtown Victoria
If accepted, building is predicted to start in 2024 and be completed in late 2027
BC Housing is teaming up with the Metropolis of Victoria and the Capital Area Housing Company on a proposed 205-unit inexpensive and supportive housing tower within the 900-block of Pandora Avenue.
If accepted, the event would characteristic 158 inexpensive rental models, 47 supportive properties and a 16,000-square-foot group house.
The Capital Area Housing Company would function the rental models and eligibility will probably be primarily based on earnings.
The supportive properties can be operated by BC Housing and providers will embody life abilities coaching, employment assist, plus outreach employees.
“All individuals making use of for supportive housing undergo a course of to verify there’s a mixture of residents and that they’ve the assist they want,” BC Housing stated in a press release.
Victoria metropolis council handed a brand new speedy deployment inexpensive housing course of in April. That is the primary improvement anticipated to rapidly get permits beneath the method, which was designed to speed up the development of recent non-market inexpensive rental and cooperative housing.
Building is predicted to start in 2024 and be completed in late 2027. Residents may transfer in as quickly as early 2028.
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