Province will build temporary housing complex ‘on an expedited basis’ to address lack of housing that’s led to a tent community in the city
Dwayne Martin, who has lived in the Maple Ridge tent city since 2016, repairs his shelter in Maple Ridge, British Columbia on March 13, 2019.The City of Maple Ridge says it has come up with a “new approach” to housing and social services in its community, but B.C.'s housing minister says it is unworkable and the city knows that.
But in a statement late Tuesday, Ms. Robinson said the city “brought forward a proposal that they knew was not workable” and that city staff had been told the site in question couldn’t accommodate any more units because of physical restrictions and the slope of the site. Last week, in the wake of a fire-safety order issued after several recent blazes at the Maple Ridge camp, Ms. Robinson ordered Maple Ridge to come up with a social housing strategy, saying months of negotiations between the province and the city had not come up with adequate plans to help people living in the tent city and others who were trying to find affordable housing in the community.In city statements and council meetings, Mr.
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