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Originally Posted by Changing City
If the Temporary Modular buildings are still in the same locations in 10 years there will have been because there have been several policy failures. They're almost all on sites owned or acquired recently by the City, where larger, more permanent buildings are planned. It'll be a problem if something more permanent hasn't replaced most of them. The building on Little Mountain is already being relocated to build permanent housing. The recent plans for South False Creek would see another building relocated. It's unlikely the Main and Terminal site, or the one on the western SEFC lands will be undeveloped in 10 years. There are plans for at least one of the DTES sites being drawn up. The locations that seem likely to be longer term are those in industrial zoning, where larger permanent residential buildings aren't allowed.
Whether the buildings are still needed from a housing the homeless perspective will depend on how many more low income and welfare rate homes get built, and how many more people end up needing them. That's down to poitical choices by all three levels of government, and a whole range of economic and other factors. The scenarios are limitless, and even those will no doubt miss hugely disruptive events like covid.
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Here's to talking about the policy failures in 10 years that still have Temporary Modular Housing sprinkled around Vancouver.
It will be a fun time loop to live through.