SFU prof says proposed social housing building is \u0022inferior model.\u0022 B.C.\u0027s housing minister says his long\u002Dterm plan depends on its success.
has been issuing news releases in recent months, urging neighbours to voice their objections to city hall for the project described in one statement as “a recipe for failure and chaos.”, sent Thursday, quotes local mental-health and addictions expert Julian Somers criticizing the proposed Kitsilano building as “the wrong model in the wrong place.”
Somers said it would be better to have roughly five per cent of units in several big developments going forward — including in Kitsilano and neighbourhoods around there — reserved as deeply affordable homes for people exiting homelessness.Article content Darrell Burnham, CEO of Coast Mental Health, a non-profit group operating 54 facilities around Metro Vancouver serving more than 5,000 people with mental-health issues, said congregate buildings “can be very successful if designed well.”
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