One day after BC Housing announced the location of 60 tiny homes for Kelowna's homeless population, business operators in the area are pleading with the city to make sure the site is managed properly.One day after BC Housing announced the first of two locations for a tiny home community in Kelowna to shelter those experiencing homelessness, business owners in the area are pleading with the city to ensure the site is managed properly.
And while he anticipates some loss in business as a result of the newly designated tiny home development, he still supports it.‘Serious health risks’ possible from cord blood stored at Edmonton facilityDyck, like other business operators in the area, also said that he would have liked the city to at least do some public consultation prior to choosing and announcing the location.
“They could look at obtaining mental health services, obtain assistance with regards to their addictions, have a place that would maybe now look at establishing allowing them to obtain employments,” Dyas told Global News.“I know that there is a lot of concern with regards to this may or may not be the solution for the community but we need to look at programs or initiatives or ideas that are outside of the box and this one is outside of the box,” said Dyas.