“Many thanks to our wonderful staff and participants of the Unity Project for the months of planning, packing and participating in our move back to our Old East Village facility! There’s still plenty of finishing touches to complete, but after 3 years operating our emergency shelter within the same space as an operating hotel, we are truly thrilled to be back in a home of our own.” – Chuck Lazenby, UP Executive Director
Unity Project’s move back to its Dundas Street location was made possible with some timely funding from the City of London for the transformation of our property to support an indoor/outdoor emergency shelter program.
With interior retrofits to our rear emergency shelter building, surrounded by purpose-built Pallet shelter cabins installed on the exterior site, we can continue to prioritize supports inclusive of those with medical conditions, couples and people with pets and accommodate 40 individuals at any given time, versus the 14 who could be safely supported indoors alone.
Our ‘discovery’ of the Pallet shelter cabin made this solution possible unlike other tiny-home, huts, trailers or portables we have reviewed.
Unity Project is the first in Canada to be using these particular structures and their promise is yet to be case-tested within the context of an encompassing Housing First shelter program.
This site configuration will transition us toward Our Home for Good and the construction of our own intentionally-designed shelter. Until then, it represents our best opportunity to assist more people to achieve housing and end their experience of homelessness. We hope to contribute to new pathways and possibilities which are developing in our community amidst a housing and homelessness crisis.
More updates to come in the near future and thank you for your ongoing support, care, and encouragement.
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