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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 people's stress and provide an opportunity for some stability which they may not have had for years," Kelly Roth, the executive director of the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness, told CBC's Rohit Joseph.  The tiny-home village in Victoria, B...

  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 got their first look inside one of the village's 100-ft living units, furnished with a bed, side tabl...

“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 will provide temporary housing for 30 people currently living in city parks. The tiny houses are expe...

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 District. In the memorandum, Victoria City Council has agreed to end the 24-hour sheltering allowance on...

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 about $215,000, plus another $60,000 to cover installation, and later removal, of water and sewer se...