So Downtown Victoria should continue its conversion into a homeless hub? May I ask where you live? I would wager not in downtown Vic. If you think the hotel approach works then there’s nothing wrong with converting Oak Bay lodge into homeless housing as well.Definitely.
I’m told this was a motion without notice and the proposal
To study as a temporary homeless shelter included about 8 other things to study but the TC latched onto the drastic headline.
The building itself is in very bad shape and requires a lot of deferred maintenence to get it suitable for any use. Oak bay will run a process over the next 12 months over future of facility. They’d like to see it have senior and dementia care. Some affordable or rental housing and some market housing.
No one thinks this goes to a temporary shelter. It’s not zoned for housing. It’s zoned for hospital use and so temporary housing would be a violation of zoning There let alone proximity to city.
City should continue its strategy of buying hotels w BC housing and province.
Edited by A Girl is No one, 09 July 2020 - 04:42 PM.