Vancouver 2010 Legacy – Homeless Housing 23/10/2008 |
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The Province of British Columbia and the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) have agreed to create up to 156 units of permanent affordable housing for people most in need across the province.
British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell said Tuesday, "through Olympic Legacy Affordable Housing we will provide affordable supportive housing to help break the cycle of homelessness in communities across the province. This agreement builds on the progress of the Housing Matters BC provincial housing strategy and helps meet the critical goal of sheltering the homeless and providing support services to those most in need".
The agreement, which took almost two years, was made possible with the participation of several government and corporate partners.
According to a press release, a Memorandum of Understanding between the province and VANOC proposes to reconfigure 320 temporary modular housing units from the Olympic and Paralympic Village at the resort town of Whistler and convert them into 156 permanent, affordable housing units and then relocate them to six communities across the province.
The modular units will be used by VANOC during the Games, and reconfigured to include a kitchen and bathroom in each unit.
(Source: Gamesbids.com)
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