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2022
2021
January 3, 2021 – Construction of shipping-container homes set to begin as fundraiser nears halfway point
January 6, 2021 – Converted shipping containers to soon house people living in Victoria parks
January 9, 2021 – Royal Athletic Park parking lot could house shipping-container village for homeless
January 30, 2021 – Youth get a chance to chart their own path in new housing program
February 16, 2021 – For campers at Royal Athletic Park, Hey Neighbour pilot project can’t come soon enough
February 25, 2021 – New Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness social enterprise model aims to alleviate youth homelessness
March 3, 2021 – Plan for temporary tiny-home village in Victoria made of shipping containers gets closer to reality
April 8, 2021 – High prices for social housing defended by unlikely allies
April 23, 2021 – Demand for youth needing shelter evidence of ‘system failure’ in B.C., says Victoria mayor
April 29, 2021 – Inside Victoria’s Tiny Homes Village made of converted shipping containers
May 3, 2021 – Daytime camping ban begins in Victoria as advocates work to find housing for those in need
June 4, 2021 – Temporary housing at Royal Athletic Park welcomes residents
November 16, 2021 – Staffing shortages limit availability of extreme-weather shelter spaces
November 19, 2021 – ‘We need more staff’: Victoria homeless shelters facing labour shortage
November 27, 2021 – ‘All I can do is offer them tarps’: Worries grow about shelter staffing shortages
December 16, 2021 – Unhoused to deal with increasingly wet weather as climate change worsens
2020
January 20, 2020 – Project Connect goes beyond haircuts and foot care for those living in poverty
April 7, 2020 – Hundreds of tents, sleeping bags donated to Topaz Park amid pandemic
April 15, 2020 – In Victoria, a tale of two very different homeless camps
April 23, 2020 – Tent-city deaths illustrate how crises are taking toll on Victoria’s homeless
April 26, 2020 – For the vulnerable, a sense of relief
May 20, 2020 – Victoria homeless camps at Topaz Park, Pandora avenue to be emptied
August 4, 2020 – Greater Victoria Point in Time count finds over 1,500 people homeless
August 8, 2020 – Gaps in the system: Youth cope with homelessness in Greater Victoria
August 19, 2020 – Comment: Homeless people camping at Beacon Hill are mostly from here
December 30, 2020 – Central Park closing Jan. 4 for repairs after flooding; campers moved to parking lot
2019
February 13, 2019 – Three peninsula mayors unite in an effort to end homelessness
February 13, 2019 – Three mayors join forces on Capital Region anti-homelessness coalition
November 23, 2019 – Activists battling to prevent closing of Victoria rooming house
November 26, 2019 – Victoria task force proposes outreach team to help city’s most vulnerable
December 23, 2019 – Victoria considers water refill stations, 24-hour washrooms for 900-block of Pandora Avenue
2018
March 20, 2018 – Putting a face to homelessness
July 24, 2018 – Fewer people sleeping outside, regional snapshot finds
July 24, 2018 – Fewer people homeless on Greater Victoria streets compared to 2016: survey
2017
August 13, 2017 – Reality check: A snapshot on youth homelessness
October 8, 2017 – Housing scores a C- in 2017 Victoria Foundation Vital Signs
November 23, 2017 – Coalition Welcomes Announcement of $40 Billion for Housing and Homelessness through the National Housing Strategy
December 31, 2017 – Peer help in transition from homelessness to housing (PDF)
