Thoughts on VAHA’s new micro-suite development

Thoughts on new micro-suite development on 100 block West Pender by Vancouver’s Affordable Housing Agency.

The conditions of this rezoning are consistent with how Vision Vancouver redefined “social housing” in their 2014 DTES Plan. For this proposed social housing project, only 30 of the 90 micro-suites will rent for under $1000/mo.

New Seattle Tiny Home Project: affordable homelessness solutions?

Seattle’s is a model similar to Portland’s Dignity Village, which I visited in 2014 and advocated for as a possible solution here. Volunteer labour and faith based groups played a huge role in helping to build these temporary intentional communities, and the results were profound: once they had temporary housing, the average resident was able to find stable permanent housing within 6 months.