Cold weather and homelessness are common problems in Toronto, Canada but this year finds dozens of modules sitting in a parking lot because a group of neighbors has said “Not in My Back Yard.”
The units are part of a housing plan to create 1,000 new modular homes in Toronto.
Modular housing is prefabricated, built off-site in a factory and transported to the site for assembly. The first two phases of the project will bring approximately 250 new homes, and the development at 175 Cummer Ave. would house 59 people.
The modular homes were scheduled to be ready in December 2021, but a local group called Voices of Willowdale strongly opposes the project.
They state the project will bring “homeless men from across Toronto” to a park area next to a senior’s apartment building. They have concerns about trees being cut for the project.
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