Parksville residents clash over $7M supportive housing project
PARKSVILLE – A $7-million supportive housing project in Parksville has deeply divided the community.
The signs and scars were apparent at a public hearing on Tuesday at the Parksville Community and Conference Centre. More than 100 people spoke, many two or three times, in opposition of the development at 222 Corfield St. S., which will offer roughly 50 units of housing for those currently or at risk of being homeless.
It was a night marked by fired-up emotions, yelling across the gymnasium, cheers and jeers.
Calls of “shame on you” and boos echoed throughout the gymnasium when one man argued for affordable housing instead, saying it would help “the people who really deserve a nice place to live.”