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Originally Posted by Muta
Regarding the homeless issue in Edmonton their city just built five modular affordable housing buildings across the city; 219 units total with indigenous ceremony spaces in each building. This only cost $56M total for all five buildings due to the value engineered solution of modular construction. Each place also has social and occupational support services. I think this is a stellar solution and something the City of Calgary should look into too.
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I believe there are a dozen or more recent examples of this around BC as well. From a technical standpoint, modular is a great solution and is almost certainly going to be part of the housing solution given how quickly it can be built and craned in with minimal community disruption.