A 30-unit shipping-container village dubbed Tiny Town is set to reopen on the parking lot next to Royal Athletic Park, just months after shutting down. Reopening the temporary housing facility is part of a memorandum of understanding announced Friday between the province and City of Victoria to co-ordinate rapid support for people experiencing homelessness. According to Housing Ministry staff, the project — now called Caledonia Place — will run until at least September 2025.
Our Place Society, which will operate the site on city land, said it will need a few weeks to prepare the units for occupancy, but clients are expected to move in before the end of March. Tiny Town was established in 2021 as a temporary home for B.C. Housing clients while more permanent units were being built. The village, at 940 Caledonia Ave., was built with shipping containers with funding from local donors and businesses and partnerships with B.C. Housing and the City of Victoria. Operated by Our Place Society, the units were around 100 square feet with communal showers and washrooms
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