Converted shipping containers to soon house people living in Victoria parks
VICTORIA -- A fundraising campaign to convert shipping containers into self-contained homes for Victoria’s unhoused population has reached its halfway point. That means that the vision of a local developer to provide rapid housing for people living in parks will soon be a reality. A fundraiser launched in partnership between Aryze Developments and the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness has raised almost $240,000 of its $500,000 goal to provide housing for people currently living in tents. “There’s no point sitting on half the funds raised, so if we can provide 15 home...