Modular Housing

• Halifax council agrees to boost modular housing budget by $1.2M, but with concerns

  The Dartmouth units could be occupied as early as this weekend. Modular units on the Halifax side are not expected to be finished until March.

  Canada

  Jan 11, 2022
  
• Majority of delayed Dartmouth modular units to be finished Tuesday: HRM

  The modular units, which are located on Alderney Drive near Church Street, were initially scheduled to be finished on Dec. 20, 2021.

  Canada

  Jan 10, 2022
  
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• Halifax-Yarmouth archdiocese, HRM moving quickly on emergency shelter accommodations

  Halifax Regional Municipality expects modular units for 24 people to be ready by Dec. 20, while the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth hopes to open up to 20 shelters by Dec. 24

  Canada

  Nov 29, 2021
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• HRM in final stages of finalizing Dartmouth location for 1st round of modular housing units

  Halifax Regional Municipality is waiting on the province to commit to funding social supports for residents who will live in modular units.

  Politics

  Oct 7, 2021
• City of Toronto opens 1st modular supportive housing building

  'We have worked to be able to quickly welcome 56 residents to their brand-new home with support services,' Toronto Mayor John Tory said.

  Canada

  Dec 19, 2020
• Hamilton considering ‘modular homes’ to increase affordable housing stock

  Councillors are asking staff to report on developing two pilot projects for 'modular homes' as part of Hamilton's strategy to tackle the affordable housing crisis.

  Sep 24, 2020
• ‘A lack of process’: Beaverton residents, councillors upset over modular housing project

  The 50-unit development is supposed to go up beside a long-term care home, something the community says they are concerned about. 

  Canada

  Sep 23, 2020
• City of Toronto identifies 2 sites for supportive modular housing initiative

  'Through modular housing we can quickly create permanent housing options that will impact the lives of many people in our city,' Mayor John Tory said.

  Canada

  Jun 2, 2020
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• City of Toronto to spend $47.5M to build 250 supportive modular housing units

  "The current COVID-19 pandemic has quickly amplified the pre-existing challenges within Toronto's housing and homeless systems."

  Canada

  Apr 29, 2020
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• Protesters call on province to buy back Little Mountain site after years of housing stalls

  Hundreds of local residents rallied Saturday in front of the 15-acre lot of prime real estate next to Queen Elizabeth Park, where replacement social housing has yet to be built.

  Nov 30, 2019