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[Nparker]

...These are the same counters who lined up with Helps fanciful narrative that no-one was moving here in 2016-17...

Or that the surge in street/park campers during the pandemic was based entirely on locals losing their previously secure lodging. 

[aastra]

 

Galiano -  17 people per sq. km.

Victoria - 1550 people per sq. km.

 

 

Dude, Victoria city is more than 4,700 per square km. Even Oak Bay is over 1,700 per square km. Esquimalt is around 2,500.

 

In other words, Mr. Galiano is right to want to rethink urban. Victoria's municipalities have gone cuckoo bananas with super crazy, over-the-top, unsustainable & unmanageable ultra-high density.

[Victoria Watcher]

‘An invasion’: Victoria homeless decry city and cops confiscating tents, food

Trent Smith, who is living homeless in Victoria said bylaw officers will take belongings arbitrarily

https://www.vicnews....ing-tents-food/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 09 February 2023 - 01:04 AM.

[Mike K.]

The first of six BC Housing supportive housing projects has completed.

 

https://victoria.cit...-albina-street/

 

From the province:

 

People experiencing homelessness in Saanich now have access to 52 new homes with support services 24 hours a day, seven days a week thanks to a partnership between the Province, through BC Housing, the federal government, and the Capital Regional District (CRD).

Our Place Society will operate the site at 2933, 2941 and 2949 Albina St.  providing services that include: security, life-skills training, employment assistance and counselling, physical and mental-health resources, meals, and referrals to addiction treatment and recovery services.

The development is funded with $11.5 million through the Province’s Building BC: Supportive Housing Fund and $6.9 million from the federal Rapid Housing Initiative. The Province is also providing approximately $1.26 million in annual operating funding.

The five-storey modular building features four fully accessible studio suites. The site also includes an amenity space for residents, office space for staff and a secure outdoor gathering area.

Quotes:

Ravi Kahlon, B.C. Minister of Housing –

“People experiencing homelessness will now have safe and secure housing in Saanich. We will continue to work with our partners so we can help more people find a place to call their own, with personalized supports to help them succeed, because when that happens, the whole community benefits.”

Rob Fleming, MLA Victoria-Swan Lake –

“With these new homes, more people in Saanich and Greater Victoria will have the opportunity that everyone deserves – to stay in their community, close to their friends and loved ones, with the supports and services they need to be successful.”

Ahmed Hussen, federal Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion –

“Every Canadian deserves a safe and affordable place to call home. That is why our government created the Rapid Housing Initiative, to quickly create thousands of units of affordable housing for those most in need in communities across Canada, including right here in Saanich. These new homes will not only provide a roof over the heads of individuals and families in need, but they will also give them access to the resources and support they need to succeed. This is our government’s National Housing Strategy at work.”

Dean Murdock, mayor, District of Saanich –

“This significant investment in supportive housing fills an important need in our community. Partnerships with BC Housing, the federal government, the Capital Regional District, and Our Place make it possible for us to create homes and provide supports for people in our community. It is very positive to see this level of support where it is most needed.”

Zac de Vries, board director, CRD, and chair, Capital Region Housing Corporation –

“With the opening of Albina in Saanich, organizations like Our Place Society are better positioned to assist those struggling to maintain their housing, achieve lasting stability and a long-term recovery from homelessness. Projects like this, which are essential to addressing the region’s housing crisis, are only possible through the ongoing and effective collaborations between local, provincial and federal partners.”

Julian Daly, CEO, Our Place Society –

“We’re excited to be a partner in offering this opportunity for true and permanent supportive housing. Through our transitional housing program, our staff worked incredibly hard to help stabilize this community of men and women who have struggled with survival on the streets. We can’t wait to see the residents further blossom in this new environment.”

[Nparker]

... We can’t wait to see the residents further blossom in this new environment.

Good luck with this.

[Victoria Watcher]

A 52-unit modular housing project in Saanich is set to open by the end of this month, providing permanent homes to people currently living in hotel rooms.

 

The building in the 2900 block of Albina Street, operated by Our Place Society, will welcome residents from the former Howard Johnson hotel on Gorge Road East, along with the support staff who have been working in the latter site. Residents have had a couple of years to find some stability in their temporary rooms, and the move will give them more security knowing they have a permanent home, said Grant McKenzie, director of communications at Our Place.

 

https://www.timescol...r-hotel-6526888

 

 

 

 

Not bad for $375/mo.

 

 

 

 

 

The federal government provided $6.9 million in funding and the province put up $11.5 million. The province will pay about $1.25 million in annual operating costs.

 

 

 

So $18.4 million.   / 52 units is $353,000 each.   And it'll cost $24,000 per year per unit to "operate"  ie. staff to babysit the junkies.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 11 February 2023 - 10:05 AM.

[Nparker]

I'd like to see a photo of this same unit 1 year from now.

 

Edit: after all I am paying for it.

Edited by Nparker, 11 February 2023 - 10:36 AM.

[Barrrister]

I am sure that all the hard working people who just cant afford to buy a place are thrilled to be paying for this as well as creating a bunch of jobs for the woke brigade.

[Victoria Watcher]

If you amortize the $383,000 over 600 months (25 years, no interest) and add the $2000 per month operating cost, you are at $2,700 per month, per unit.

[LJ]

 

A 52-unit modular housing project in Saanich is set to open by the end of this month, providing permanent homes to people currently living in hotel rooms.

 

The building in the 2900 block of Albina Street, operated by Our Place Society, will welcome residents from the former Howard Johnson hotel on Gorge Road East, along with the support staff who have been working in the latter site. Residents have had a couple of years to find some stability in their temporary rooms, and the move will give them more security knowing they have a permanent home, said Grant McKenzie, director of communications at Our Place.

 

https://www.timescol...r-hotel-6526888

 

 

 

 

Not bad for $375/mo.

 

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The federal government provided $6.9 million in funding and the province put up $11.5 million. The province will pay about $1.25 million in annual operating costs.

 

 

 

So $18.4 million.   / 52 units is $353,000 each.   And it'll cost $24,000 per year per unit to "operate"  ie. staff to babysit the junkies.

 

What an absolute waste of taxpayer funds.  Give them nothing and watch them disappear.

[Victoria Watcher]

The PiT count is currently recruiting volunteers to participate. Anyone interested can sign up at this link.

 

The federal government has provided $116,800 through Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy to fund the count.

 

“Homelessness is a reality for too many Canadians and a challenge for every Canadian community. It’s crucial that we base our decisions on accurate and sound data,” said Ahmed Hussen, minister of housing and diversity and inclusion.

 

https://www.cheknews...ctoria-1140732/

[Nparker]

"Minister of housing and diversity and inclusion". What an idiotic collection of concepts for a housing ministry.   

[spanky123]

 

The PiT count is currently recruiting volunteers to participate. Anyone interested can sign up at this link.

 

They have been recruiting for a few weeks. Usually they don't make their efforts public as they want to keep the volunteers to believers. I can imagine that there is not a big rush of people wanting to go out in the dark to find homeless people and ask them questions. 

 

Having said that, the count is again being seeded with people who will collect inside info to counter the BS they report 5 months after the fact.

[Stephen James]

 

The PiT count is currently recruiting volunteers to participate. Anyone interested can sign up at this link.

 

The federal government has provided $116,800 through Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy to fund the count.

 

“Homelessness is a reality for too many Canadians and a challenge for every Canadian community. It’s crucial that we base our decisions on accurate and sound data,” said Ahmed Hussen, minister of housing and diversity and inclusion.

 

https://www.cheknews...ctoria-1140732/

 

Marketing event for the non-slate-slate.

0 credibility.

[Victoria Watcher]

Group challenges Campbell River ban on public drug consumption

The petition from Pivot Legal Society was filed in B.C. Supreme Court registry in Campbell River two weeks after city council voted to take the bylaw amendment to third reading.

https://www.timescol...umption-6558040

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 15 February 2023 - 03:57 AM.

[Mike K.]

Premier Eby formerly worked under Pivot.

[Mike K.]

The Coalition to End Homelessness has renamed itself the Alliance to End Homelessness in the Capital Region.

The Coalition had formerly set 2018 as its goal for ending homelessness in Victoria.

[Nparker]

New name, same failing agenda.

[Victoria Watcher]

Former mayor Lisa Helps said that building a community centre at 926 and 930 Pandora Avenue would help revitalize the area and was one of the main reasons for the land purchase, according to a 2021 article in the Times Colonist.

 

The proposed community centre—meant to be run jointly by the NPNA and the Downtown Residents Association—would have 36 child-care spaces as well as a gym. Currently both neighbourhoods are without community centres.

 

The NPNA no longer sees the location as a viable space, Murray said, adding that staffing concerns and the complexity of the issues in the area would make it difficult to run a successful community centre.

 

“A lot of people avoid that area because they do have feelings of unsafety,” Murray said.

 

“We don’t foresee seniors being comfortable going there for senior yoga, [as well as] parent-and-tot groups,” Murray added. “If we can’t have those really basic community centre amenities, it’s not the right space.”

 

The two neighbourhood associations had spent six months looking at options, and visiting other community centres—both in Greater Victoria and Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside—to get a sense of what was possible.

 

 

 

https://www.capitald...-pandora-avenue

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 16 February 2023 - 09:35 AM.

[Nparker]

If Lisa Helps thought this was a good idea, then you know it was not.