‘They’re just people:’ operators try to quell public concern ahead of tent city move
NANAIMO — Familiar questions and concerns are being asked about new temporary housing coming to Nanaimo.
A petition is circulating in the neighbourhood around 250 Terminal Ave, where 80 units of temporary modular housing is projected to be in operation by the end of November. NanaimoNewsNOW has also heard comments from concerned parents who take their children to Beban Park, near the City-owned Public Works Yard on Labieux Rd. which will house another 90 people. Occupants of the housing will be primarily from downtown Nanaimo’s tent city, which sprawled to roughly 300 people at its peak over the summer.
“I understand the fear,” Pacifica Housings acting executive director Angelas McNulty-Beull told NanaimoNewsNOW.
Pacifica will operate the units coming to the Labieux Rd. site.