Volunteers in Prince George, B.C. say they plan to build as many tiny homes in the Moccasin Flats homeless encampment as they are able to.
Mayor Simon Yu campaigned on building emergency shelters for unhoused residents in northern B.C.'s largest city. A year later, community volunteers have taken on the task despite limited resources and municipal roadblocks.Volunteers in Prince George, B.C., say they plan to build as many tiny homes in the Moccasin Flats homeless encampment as they are able to.
Either way, Teegee says she has no plans to move out of her newly built tiny home and the people building them say they have no plans to stop.As winter sets in, a group of volunteers are building insulated shelters at a homeless camp in northern B.C., despite a warning from the city that the activity is illegal.Brad Gustafson, a contractor by trade, is helping lead the construction efforts, designing shelters tall enough to stand in but small enough to heat.
Another lead volunteer, Phillip Frederiksson, says they can't wait any longer for various levels of government to find appropriate housing for the roughly 50 people living at Moccasin Flats.Frederiksson is helping with construction and has been running an online fundraising campaign that has raised more than $6,000. He plans to build as many homes as possible using the funds.
In September of this year, the city removed another encampment in the downtown area, telling residents to seek shelter space or move to Moccasin Flats, which it called a "
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