A lot of working class poverty would be solved if HALF the effort, funding and resources that are spent on housing the homeless in Victoria was put into building affordable rental housing for hard-working, responsible people. And I'm not talking crappy CRD or BC Housing projects. Not that they're all crappy.. but seriously? No privacy, intrusive rules and regulations, a bazillion kids screaming constantly out your windows, tenants with drug addiction issues, etc. Rather, homes for families or couples that would be private and house-like. Gee, you mean like actual houses? Why not. With yards and gardens. Nobody upstairs, downstairs, to your left or to your right or in your damn face every second.
I would feel a hell of a lot better reading a headline like, '400 Newly Built Houses to Rent Available Now in Victoria' instead of this one.
Overwhelming numbers of homeless people in downtown Victoria need housing? Well let's bend over backwards to find them a cozy place to live. Overwhelming number of working stiffs that can't afford to buy groceries or pay hydro or drive their car or OR OR this month because the rent they are paying takes more than half their income? Who cares!
Oh. And there are plans to house another 500 street people within the next year.
Perhaps if I were a drug addicted, pregnant, homeless youth with a dog from Toronto sleeping in front of the Bay Centre I could get a really great place to live in this city.
Would there even be anywhere for rental houses to be built in Victoria? Maybe a farm that isn't staying afloat could be bought and developed? Helps them, helps us.
What would you rather see? A freaking corn-maze or pumpkin festival or houses being built to help hundreds of people?
Who am I?
- Get Real
- Victoria, BC, Canada
- I am fed up to here (yes, I am tapping my forehead). 1 Part social vigilante, equal part unsatisfied customer, 2 parts 'I wish I could punch you in the back of the head for being such an ass'. Toss in a dash of intolerance for stupidity and a generous helping of impatience. Stew for almost 40 years.
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They don't want single family homes because it isn't "Sustainable development" according to the UN control freaks, and it also means that you can't pack 400 people in a small crappy leaking condo type unit that can be taxed 400 times. This sickness of high density developments is only good for the city tax base but is rarely good for people. It is also good for developers because they can build one condo unit on 2-3 lots and have maybe 40 to 100 people maybe more depending on the size of the building, and can sell 500 Sq-FT Box for $300,000.
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