'Saved my life': Victoria's 'Tiny Town' housing site closing down in September
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A temporary housing facility that's been lauded as a success in Victoria has been granted an extension for the second and final time.
A temporary housing facility that's been lauded as a success in Victoria has been granted an extension for the second and final time.
The "Tiny Town" facility located in the North Park area is coming down in the fall, roughly two years after its creation during the pandemic.
Francis Mayers, who has lived at the housing site for the past two years, has nothing but good things to say about the village.
"(It) downright saved my life," he said.
The facility is made out of converted shipping containers, and the hope is that it will be replicated elsewhere on Vancouver Island.
"Even the thought of removing something as fine as this is a disturbing thought, to me," said Mayers.
"Even though I would probably be placed somewhere else, it's for others that are on the street that, probably, it would save their lives as well," he said.
