Continuing our profiles of projects on the Priority Housing Project List, we’d like to introduce you to Rosalie’s Village.
Rosalie’s Village (a St. Vincent de Paul Society development) will be a 41 unit housing project for female youth with children and older women who are experiencing homelessness or at-risk of homelessness. It will include an infant/toddler daycare with capacity for 37 children, priority given to residents of Rosalie’s Village. Continue reading
Profile of Wilson’s Walk (a Pacifica Housing development).
Wilson’s Walk (formerly Wilson Heights) is one of the projects on the Coalition’s Priority Housing Project List. The proposal is to develop 108 units of rental housing with 84 of the units designed to be affordable. These units will be geared towards young urban singles, young couples, and families, all of whom are in-need of additional affordable housing options within the CRD. Continue reading
It’s become an annual tradition here at the Coalition, each year we put together a list of things we’d like to receive this holiday season. Think about it… these gifts could END homelessness! Continue reading
Housing First sees housing as a basic human right and key in the recovery from homelessness and substance abuse. Continue reading
Earlier this month the Coalition published two documents. One was a white paper on housing entitled Housing and Homelessness in Greater Victoria and the other our annual Report on Housing and Supports entitled Facing Homelessness. Facing Homelessness makes absolutely clear that we need more housing to end homelessness in Greater Victoria. Housing and Homelessness in Greater Victoria analyzes how much we think we need. Continue reading