The Canadian Press – Dec 14, 2022 / 2:45 pm | Story: 401592
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British Columbia’s new Housing Ministry says the province is partnering with the Metropolis of Vancouver to construct 90 modular housing items in two areas with round the clock helps for individuals experiencing homelessness within the Downtown Eastside. A short lived modular housing suite is visited by the general public whereas on show in Robson Sq. in downtown Vancouver on Oct. 3, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ben Nelms
British Columbia and the Metropolis of Vancouver are teaming as much as construct 90 modular housing items with round the clock helps for individuals experiencing homelessness within the Downtown Eastside.
Premier David Eby says the non permanent houses will function a “bridge” to well being helps and extra everlasting, secure housing.
An announcement from the ministry says the items can be in two separate areas close to the Science World and Olympic Village SkyTrain stations and are set to open in March 2023.
It says the items can be provided to individuals at present residing in shelters, releasing up extra of these paces for individuals residing in what the ministry describes as “unsafe encampments,” together with these alongside Vancouver’s Hastings Avenue and a waterfront park.
The houses are a part of the B.C. authorities’s $7-billion housing plan, and with a lifespan of a least three years, they’re thought-about a transitional step whereas everlasting housing is developed.
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says the town is within the midst of one of many “best crises” in its historical past, and in the present day’s announcement makes “significant progress” in the direction of securing high quality housing for essentially the most susceptible residents.
“We applaud the provincial authorities’s continued response to the decision for larger senior-level involvement within the disaster on the Downtown Eastside,” Sim says.
:format(jpeg)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tgam/6OZIZYVL35B7VKCP5WMX6TXTKM.JPG "Vancouver police, metropolis employees transfer into Downtown Eastside to clear tent encampment")
