Marpole Modular Housing

• Supreme Court of Canada rejects appeal of Marpole modular housing project

  Opponents had argued that the facility would act as a magnet for drugs and crime, and was ill suited for a location adjacent to three schools. 

  Jan 17, 2019
  
• When Marpole modular housing tenants move in, care packages will be waiting for them

  The care packages will include handwritten welcome notes from students in the neighborhood.

  Canada

  Feb 7, 2018
  
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• City of Vancouver approves controversial Marpole modular housing project

  The facility, which would see 78 units of transitional housing built for the city's homeless, is to be situated next to three public schools.

  Nov 27, 2017
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• Churchill students plan rally to support Marpole modular housing

  "I think this is one of those changes that is important for the benefit of our society as a whole and for our community being a better place in general."

  Nov 23, 2017
• City of Penticton wants piece of funding pie for modular housing

  The City of Penticton is requesting provincial funding for a modular housing project after the B.C. government committed to build 2,000 modular housing units throughout B.C. with 24/7 staffing and support services.

  Politics

  Nov 15, 2017
• ‘I’m not afraid’: Marpole students speak out in favour of modular housing

  "I've been inside homeless shelters, I've been in the elevators and the hallways, I'm not afraid."

  Nov 15, 2017