Thirty-three units are under construction, but advocates say the need outstrips supply.
Thirty-three units of transition housing for women and children fleeing violence are under construction in Duncan, Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon announced Thursday, but advocates say the need across the province is outstripping supply.
So far, 900 new units have been funded across the province. Of those, 181 have been completed — including 10 in Nanaimo, eight in Courtenay and six in Duncan — and another 715 are under construction, including 281 on the Island. “So the only resources that we can offer women when they are full is support over the phone, an hour of counselling,” said Bate. “Ten rooms is not enough for the need.”
Bate, who met with Kahlon at the legislature Thursday, applauded the new second-stage housing in Duncan, currently under construction at an undisclosed location, which will provide a mix of studio, one, two and three-bedroom units. Last month, a B.C. Society of Transition Houses survey found that in a single 24-hour period from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1, 2022, 571 women, children and youth turned away from transition houses for lack of space.
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