Vancouver has announced the construction of 90 new modular housing units to address homeless camps in the downtown core, at a cost of $6.9 million.
At a news conference Wednesday, Premier David Eby announced that as part of a record $7 billion invested in housing, the largest in Vancouver’s history, the province and city will immediately partner to construct two temporary, “bridge-to-housing projects” to transition individuals in shelters into supportive housing. There will be additional ongoing costs for support and staffing once the housing is operational.
The premier said modular housing and pre-fabricated units are a fast and affordable way to provide housing on an urgent basis and would be open by March 2023….