Victoria BC Plans Modular Homes for the Homeless

tiny_homes__oregonlive_com__techdwell_the_builderSeattle opened its Tiny Home village for homeless people with 14 homes, each 96 square feet with heat, electricity and insulation, as globalnews.ca informs MHProNews.. Communal washrooms and showers provide running water, and the homes are sited on donated church land. Each home cost $2,200, donated funds, and residents pay $90/mth for electricity.

The first tiny home village was built in Portland, Oregon in 2001. Dignity Village, originally the site of a tent city for the homeless, was assembled by volunteers, non-profit groups with cooperation from the Portland City Council. Similar to Seattle, residents share bathroom and kitchen facilities.

Tiny home villages have sprung up in Fresno, CA; River Haven in Ventura, CA; Eugene, Oregon; Olympia, Washington, and now in Seattle.

Victoria (British Columbia) City Council has studied these housing options for the homeless with a $25,000 grant to the Micro-housing Victoria committee. The committee was leery of a solution that separates potential occupants from the rest of the community. Additionally, tiny home villages are supposed to be stop-gap until residents achieve more stable housing, but if affordable housing does not become available, the tine homes remain.

With this in mind, theVictoria committee designed a six unit modular home with six private bedrooms, two baths, two sinks and a full kitchen with seating for six.

Victoria City Councillor Marianne Alto said, “The city is involved with the region to create a huge amount of permanent housing available within a very short time. That’s still a couple of years away. And so the question becomes, what do you do in the meantime? And so microhousing becomes an important part of that solution.”

With a goal of five sites and ten houses by this summer, the city of Victoria has offered assistance with zoning and utilities. ##

(Image credit: oregonlive/techdwell the builder–tiny home)

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