N.S. residents want voices heard as construction slated to begin on tiny home community
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In a few short months, tiny homes will be set up in Lower Sackville, N.S., where a homeless encampment was recently cleared.
In a few short months, tiny homes will be set up in Lower Sackville, N.S., where a homeless encampment was recently cleared.
The community is also now home to a number of Pallet shelters, but some resident say they weren’t consulted. They've created a group, known as Safer Sackville Community Stakeholders, to ensure their voices are heard going forward.
The group held its third of four community meetings Wednesday night opposing Pallet shelters in the community.
"I feel that they're in over their head," said group member Lynn Gray. "They don't really know what it takes to include and involve all stakeholders. So, if the community's not a stakeholder then maybe they need to pick another community."
The Pallet shelters are currently set up at the Beacon House Shelter. There are also plans for a tiny home community at the site of a former homeless encampment at the ballfield on Cobequid Road.
"We've got some increased violence in the area that is causing great concern for a lot of the people who live here," said Gray.
