Cost of housing in Canada

[Remius]

I don’t know about you guys but the hoses I drank from back then had a metallic taste to the water.

 

[Cloud Cover]

I don’t know about you guys but the hoses I drank from back then had a metallic taste to the water.

Are you from Northern Ontario. Our ground water was laced with PCB from a train derailment and yes indeed it did taste a little weird.

 

[Furniture]

In grade 5 I was in a cardboard enclosure at the back of the class, I could hear but I wasn't allowed to see, the other students. So glad I was born back then because today I'd just get doped up, and I've seen enough lads in jail over the years that started their drug journey with those 'lets make it easy on us' medications.

When I was in school they handed out "in school suspensions", where your desk would be moved into one of the large supply closets, and you'd get your day's work to go through sitting by yourself.

The thing was, I was disruptive in class because I was bored. I could read fast and well enough to get ahead of the lessons, so I'd talk and joke around in the class. The in school suspensions gave me an entire day to get even further ahead, and be more bored when I was in class the next day... I was lucky, my teachers realized what the problem was, so I was never considered to have ADD, ADHD, etc., requiring drugs.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Any takers for 'Tiny Town'? My guess is the other municipalities will 'lose' that letter

Victoria looks for another municipality to host Tiny Town​

Mayor Marianne Alto will write to other councils and electoral area representatives in Greater Victoria to determine if there is any interest in hosting the Caledonia Place facility starting next year

Victoria is hoping to broker a deal to move a supportive housing project at Royal Athletic Park — previously known as Tiny Town — to another municipality in the region.

Council unanimously endorsed having Mayor Marianne Alto write to other councils and electoral area representatives in Greater Victoria to determine if there is any interest in hosting the Caledonia Place facility starting next year.

Coun. Jeremy Caradonna said it’s important to start the conversation now as the housing project, established during the pandemic, will have exhausted its temporary-use permit at 940 Caledonia Ave. in October 2025.

He noted there is a vulnerable group of people living in the facility and he did not want council to find itself scrambling for options as it faced a fall deadline.

He said the most prudent move is to invite other jurisdictions that have the space to take it on.

“Many of our neighbours have a lot more land than we do. They have hardscapes, they have parking lots,” he said, noting the facility requires about 20,000 square feet of space and access to electrical and plumbing.

Tiny Town was established in 2021 as a temporary home for those in need while more permanent units were being built.

Victoria looks for another municipality to host Tiny Town

Mayor Marianne Alto will write to other councils and electoral area representatives in Greater Victoria to determine if there is any interest in hosting the Caledonia Place facility starting next year

www.timescolonist.com

 

[Good2Golf]

Any takers for 'Tiny Town'? My guess is the other municipalities will 'lose' that letter

Victoria looks for another municipality to host Tiny Town​

Mayor Marianne Alto will write to other councils and electoral area representatives in Greater Victoria to determine if there is any interest in hosting the Caledonia Place facility starting next year

Victoria is hoping to broker a deal to move a supportive housing project at Royal Athletic Park — previously known as Tiny Town — to another municipality in the region.

Council unanimously endorsed having Mayor Marianne Alto write to other councils and electoral area representatives in Greater Victoria to determine if there is any interest in hosting the Caledonia Place facility starting next year.

Coun. Jeremy Caradonna said it’s important to start the conversation now as the housing project, established during the pandemic, will have exhausted its temporary-use permit at 940 Caledonia Ave. in October 2025.

He noted there is a vulnerable group of people living in the facility and he did not want council to find itself scrambling for options as it faced a fall deadline.

He said the most prudent move is to invite other jurisdictions that have the space to take it on.

“Many of our neighbours have a lot more land than we do. They have hardscapes, they have parking lots,” he said, noting the facility requires about 20,000 square feet of space and access to electrical and plumbing.

Tiny Town was established in 2021 as a temporary home for those in need while more permanent units were being built.

Victoria looks for another municipality to host Tiny Town

Mayor Marianne Alto will write to other councils and electoral area representatives in Greater Victoria to determine if there is any interest in hosting the Caledonia Place facility starting next year

www.timescolonist.com

Saw that on the local news when I was out there visiting.

My inside voice said “take your Tiny Town and your bike lanes, and shove them up your wazoo, Victoria! You broke it, you fix it!”

 

[Kirkhill]

Saw that on the local news when I was out there visiting.

My inside voice said “take your Tiny Town and your bike lanes, and shove them up your wazoo, Victoria! You broke it, you fix it!”

Looking at those things I was reminded of these post-WW2 "villages".

When Edinburgh families lived in 'tin huts' during a housing crisis in the city

The dramatic images of the old huts was recently released online and some older local residents recalled just life was like inside for the families who had to live there

www.edinburghlive.co.uk

I was born in 1956. The war ended in 1945. I can remember people still living in those so that must have been well into the early 60s. Temporary accommodation.

They were replaced by these upgrades

Factory-made homes: How prefabs sprouted from the ashes of war

The temporary housing that helped rebuild Britain in body and spirit.

www.bbc.com

Some of those have survived into the modern day.