Kamloops housing advocates say more shelters will be needed for winter
KAMLOOPS — With delays of both affordable housing projects in Kamloops, totalling 104 units that won’t be ready now until the spring, housing advocates knew the city’s most vulnerable population would need more shelter heading into the winter months.
Some of the necessary shelter will come in the form of 55 temporary units to be built on Mission Flats Road.
“We’ve got another winter to get through,” said executive director of the Kamloops branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association Christa Mullaly. “Certainly the addition of the 55 temporary units for housing at Mission Flats are great. However, we still require some additional shelter beds.”