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The project was initially proposed in 2017 as Hive, a six-storey, micro-unit workforce housing building. That concept was pulled in 2018.
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The building includes a street-level café on the ground floor, and space for services provided by the John Howard Society on levels two and three.
Unanimous support from council. It's moving to a public hearing.
Approved at the public hearing last night
The province announced work is getting underway on this 28-unit project, a haflway house for people leaving correctional institutions.
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Twenty-eight new transitional apartments for people coming out of the correctional system are set to open in Victoria in the spring of 2026.
A six-storey building to be constructed at 736 Princess Ave. will include 28 studio apartments and a new headquarters for the John Howard Society of Victoria, which provides employment, housing, mentorship and restorative-justice programs.
The building, which will be owned and operated by the John Howard Society, will feature a cafe with outdoor seating to be staffed by John Howard clients to help them gain work experience and educational spaces with a demonstration kitchen and classrooms.
Construction starts this month and residents are expected to move in in 2026.
Manj Toor, executive director of John Howard Society of Victoria, said many people who enter the criminal justice system are homeless, while those with homes can lose them while they are serving their sentence.
John Howard Society half-way house and support services planned for Princess Ave. north of downtown Victoria
A six-storey building for the John Howard Society revives a formerly failed proposal in industrial and commercial-zoned area of Burnside-Gorge.
'Work-live' micro-rentals pitched for surface parking lot north of downtown Victoria
75 fully-furnished rental suites sized between 210 and 320 square feet have been proposed for a site in Victoria's Burnside-Gorge neighbourhood.
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