50-unit supportive housing project coming to Parksville
PARKSVILLE — Efforts to combat homelessness in the Oceanside area received a major boost from the province.
Selina Robinson, minister of municipal affairs and housing, announced a 50-unit supportive housing project as part of the provinces effort to deliver 2,000 modular units throughout the province on Friday, March 9. The provincially-funded initiative will cost $6.9 million dollars, with the Regional District of Nanaimo also providing $660,000 towards the development.
Parksville mayor Marc Lefebvre told NanaimoNewsNOW the project is expected to have a major impact on those in Oceanside experiencing homelessness, which as of the last count in 2013 was 67 people.
“At the present time, we have to beg, steal and borrow to have cold weather shelters open in the winter time. Now this will provide that kind of shelter, which is going to be key,” he said.