Land purchased for supportive housing in Parksville
PARKSVILLE — A multilevel approach is being used to handle affordable housing in Parksville.
On Monday, March 27, the Regional District of Nanaimo provided a $700,000 grant for the City of Parksville to buy land on Corfield St. for new housing. It followed a $30,000 development grant from the province given to the City to support the project.
District chair Bill Veenhof said assisting those in need requires collaboration.
“All (the) agencies or organizations involved, including the Island Crisis Care Society, illustrate that homelessness is a problem for everybody,” he said.