Unexpected land negotiations with City of Nanaimo provide ‘challenges’ for housing organizations

A new low-barrier housing project is on ice in central Nanaimo as operators face unexpected land negotiations with the City of Nanaimo…. B.C. Housing announced last November that [Nanaimo Affordable Housing] and its partners, the Haven Society and Columbian Centre Society, would operate more than 35 low-barrier housing units on Dufferin Crescent. The project is part of the province’s $36.5-million funding commitment to see 165 housing units built in Nanaimo for the homeless and mentally ill.  Read the rest of this story at Nanaimo Daily News.