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It has space for 30 residents.  Shipping container tiny-homes in Victoria will look like this one, staged for a media tour in late April. (Rohit Joseph/CBC) "Just the act of having a roof over your head, a shower, a washroom, privacy, an opportunity to build community, feel welcome, feel part of community, that alone helps to to bring down peoples stress and provide an opportunity for some stability which they may not have had for years," Kelly Roth, the executive director of the Greater Vict...

  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. The project will provide transitional housing for individuals experiencing homelessness in converted shipping containers located near Royal Athletic Park. The concept for the housing project was brought forward by Aryze Developments last December and received huge community support. On Thursday’s tour, media and officials g...

“Also, the City of Nanaimo has approached us [about] helping them with a pilot project much larger than this,” he said. “So I think what’s quite beautiful about this project is that these shipping containers are going to probably have a second, third, fourth life. We’re not retaining ownership of them. Our hope is to see these get passed on to another community.” Mari spoke as reporters toured the village next to Royal Athletic Park at 940 Caledonia Ave. Nearing completion, it wi...

City and province have signed memorandum but questions remain On March 22, the City of Victoria signed a memorandum of understanding with the Province of British Columbia. With the province running out of time to move the over-200 people still sheltering in parks in Victoria into temporary housing, the city agreed to push the deadline for ending sheltering in parks back from March 31 to April 30. The province has also promised to build 280 units of permanent housing in the Capital Regional Dist...

The Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness, in partnership with Aryze Developments, has raised more than $500,000 to build the homes and wants permission to use the parking lot for up to 18 months. “If this temporary housing is one small step towards ensuring that every community member has a home, it’s a step I think the city should take — if the public indicates that it’s supportable,” Coun. Ben Isitt said. A staff report pegs the city’s share of the operating costs at ...

Plan for temporary tiny-home village in Victoria made of shipping containers gets closer to reality The 30 units fabricated out of 15 shipping containers will be located in a city-owned parking lot on Caledonia Avenue and staffed 24/7 in an effort to help people living rough in the provincial capital transition into stable housing. Social Sharing Project to create supportive housing in city parking lot very likely to go ahead, Mayor Lisa Helps says Posted: Mar 03, 2021 12:08 PM PT | Last Update...

Attorney General and Housing Minister David Eby pledged last week to exceed that goal and said the province will have extra spaces if needed. The reopening of Save-On-Foods arena as a temporary shelter will add 45 beds to the mix. Heidi Hartman of B.C. Housing said another 30 to 40 units will be reopening at Capital CityCenter Hotel, where a fire displaced dozens of people in November. In addition, the province is providing rent supplements to help people move from supportive housing into ma...

For campers at Royal Athletic Park, Hey Neighbour pilot project can’t come soon enough Photo provided. For the more than 30 campers living in Royal Athletic Park’s parking lot, the Hey Neighbour pilot project has brought a ray of hope after several months of trauma and abuse.  “I think it’s a wonderful proposal,” Tina Dawson, the director and a resident of the encampment at Royal Athletic Park, told the Martlet.  The project, a collaboration between Aryze Developments and the Greate...

City of Victoria staff are reviewing a proposal for a controversial 18-unit townhouse development on the border of Oak Bay. The half-acre lot at 902 Foul Bay Rd. has been vacant since a 1911 . . .

Hey Neighbour pilot project looks to house 30 members of the unhoused community Photo sourced from Aryze. As the City of Victoria moves forward with its plan to end sheltering in parks by March, a local development company has stepped in to lend a hand. Aryze Developments Inc., known for building luxury homes in the Greater Victoria area, approached the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness with an idea to transform 30 modified shipping containers into temporary housing. The project, c...