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New supportive homes for Indigenous women have been opened in Victoria, where residents will be given the opportunity to reconnect with their culture through traditional food and healing, and assistance from an elder in residence.

The Spaken House also known as "Flower House" is a modular two-storey apartment building with 21 self-contained units. Each unit has a private washroom and a mini kitchen, while shared facilities include a commercial kitchen and a dining lounge area.

Thehousing project is a collaboration between the Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness Society (ACEH), B.C. Housing and the Atira Women's Resource Society.

ACEH operates the building and will have round-the-clock staff on sitewho have beentrained byAtirawhich runs other non-profit housing in B.C.

Fran Hunt-Jinnouchi, executive director of ACEH, said this program is based on what she called the "dual model of housing care."

"On one hand, it's culturally supportive with elders [and] traditional foods, but on the other side, that real missing piece is decolonized harm-reduction practice," she told On The Island guest hostDavid Lennam.

On the first point, the kitchen of Spaken House will provide traditional foods and cooking classes for residents. There's also a therapeutic garden for growing plants and natural medicines.

On the second point, Hunt-Jinnouchi said the housing program is aimed at strengthening the self-identity of Indigenous women, which may have been lost through the foster care system or other kinds of trauma. She said there's a three-bedroom "family townhouse" on site for residents toreunifywith their families as part of thishealing process.

"It will allow for women that have children and care or live with relatives to be able to spend time with them and rebuild those relationships,"Hunt-Jinnouchi said.

Hunt-Jinnouchi said there have been many referrals of women who are living in hotels and temporary homes. She expects most women will move in within the coming two weeks, but doesn't expect all of them will do that at once.

"We'll bring in women on the first floor that require assistance, because they're using a walker or a wheelchair, and so the accessibility challenges [are what] we want to address first," she said.

The B.C. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing doesn't set any timeline for how long a resident can stayin supportive housing,but Hunt-Jinnouchi said ACEH's aim is to set women up so they can move into their own homes.

The B.C. government provided $3.8 million to the project through the Rapid Response to Homelessness program, and will provide annual operating funding of approximately $997,000.

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Britain's biggest factory-built council homes programme since the prefab construction boom of the Forties has been launched in east London.

Greenwich council has signed a 300 million contract for the delivery of up to 750 new modular homes to help address the chronic housing shortage in the borough.

Two sites at former garages have already been granted planning permission for the houses, which can be built in less than two weeks compared with a typical six-month construction period.

Greenwich has more than 20,000 people on the housing waiting list with an average wait time of nearly three years.

Greenwich cabinet member for housing Anthony Okereke said: Employing modular techniques as part of our Greenwich Builds programme is allowing us to quickly deliver the high quality and sustainable council homes so badly needed in our borough.

With plans for construction on 750 new homes to be under way by 2022, were excited to be at the forefront of delivering innovative zero-carbon council properties, making good on Royal Greenwichs commitments to tackling the housing crisis and climate change.

The houses have been designed by Clerkenwell-based architects shedkm, manufactured by Ideal Modular Homes, which has its production line in Liverpool, and will be constructed on site by Lewisham-based A&E Elkins.

The first homes are expected to be ready by the end of the year.

Ideal Modular Homes founder Luke Barnes said: Councils are under constant pressure to deliver affordable housing at a reduced cost, while still delivering on quality. This joint venture will see that beautifully designed high-quality homes can be delivered in half the time that traditional methods would.

Alex Flint, director at shedkm, said: The new homes look to change the perception towards off-site manufacturing, through carefully crafted and long-lasting materials, and considered internal layouts. In addition, we will work alongside the landscape architects to ensure that we create new neighbourhoods with identity and a sense of place, providing the residents with a sense of belonging.

Modular homebuilding in Britain has struggled to shake off the image of the postwar prefabs, many of which suffered from damp and other defects

although some are still lived in. Of the roughly 200,000 homes built each year in Britain, only about 15,000 are modular, despite their speed of delivery.

Across London as a whole almost quarter of a million households are waiting for council housing, but Mayor Sadiq Khan has admitted he will not hit this years target for building new affordable homes because of the coronavirus lockdown.

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Because a new army of waggy-tailed workers are about to invade workplaces across the UK stealing sandwiches, chewing cables and woofing on Zoom calls.

Dogs will become part of the furniture as staff head back to offices keen to take their pets too after spending more time than ever with them during lockdown.

Already 1.7 million offices are dog-friendly, including Ben & Jerrys, Build A Bear Workshop, Nestl, Amazon, Cats Protection and Google.

And experts say more companies will follow suit to tempt staff back. Reginald, an 18-month-old British bulldog, is Chief of Happiness at Ideal Modular Homes in Liverpool and is most likely found snoozing on his favourite beanbag.

Other dogs in the office include Labrador Meg, Yorkie Frankie, Newfoundland Bella and Sugar the Pomeranian.

Reggies owner, Gemma Darroch, 33, says: Having him in the office is lovely. Everyone enjoys giving him cuddles.

The dogs help boost productivity and taking five minutes to go for a walk or throw a ball beats the afternoon slump.

Weve had a few accidents with them. One of them peed all over the new chief finance officers bag and weve found lots of chewed computer cables. But generally having them here is great for morale.

At Fourth Day PR, adorable Borderterrier Tess, five, is very much part of the team, despite getting a bit too excited from time to time.

Nikki Scrivener, 46, her owner and director at the Manchester firm, says: Tess is so relaxing to have around. Shes great at jumping up on a lap if anyones feeling stressed.

She loves playing tug of war, meaning staff get breaks, and always makes herself known on Zoom calls by woofing along.

At Reflect Digital in Maidstone, founder Becky Simms, 34, says her dachshund Harry is a professional member of the team, apart from when he steals sandwiches. She said: Harry is more than just the office dog. We call him Chief Happiness Officer as he cheers us up with regular cuddles and walks. But as part of the induction, all staff are warned not to leave food in bags on the floor or on their desks as Harry will find a way to steal it.

Not surprisingly, 81 per cent of people said having a dog in the office made it a happier place to work, according to research by pet food company Purina.

And 17 per cent said they would take a pay cut if it meant they could bring their dog with them. Dog behaviourist Kerry Lawson says bosses need to considersupporting new owners.

She said: For new owners, the thought of being parted with their pet who has supported them emotionally through lockdown is distressing.

For the new pet, having their owner with them 24/7 then being left alone is unsettling and can lead to all kinds of unwanted behaviour.

But if workplaces can bemore flexible, whether thats letting dogs come in on set days, or allowing staff to go home to care for them, this can be avoided.

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The mayor of London has outlined proposals to give key workers such as NHS and police staff priority access to homes for low-cost ownership and intermediate rent in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.

Sadiq Khan (pictured, left) is to consult Londoners on plans to improve access to the homes for what he described as Londons covid heroes.

The proposal is part of a proposed shake-up on the use of so-called intermediate housing in the capital in the wake of the pandemic. Intermediate housing includes shared ownership schemes and homes available at the London living rent, which is below market levels but more costly than social housing.

The consultation will ask which occupations should get priority access to such housing in the future.

The question follows the launch in May of a Homes for Heroes campaign backed by many of the UKs largest housing associations, developer Legal & General and a range of modular housing manufacturers. It is calling for the construction of 100,000 homes for key workers who remained on front-line public services during the pandemic.

Khan said: Housing costs have driven far too many Londoners away from our great city, robbing us of their skills and expertise. Intermediate housing, alongside much-needed homes for social rent, can play a vital role in turning that tide.

I want to hear from Londoners and our partners about how I can best support Londons key workers to be able to access a safe and secure home that they can afford.

Helen Evans, chair of the G15 group of Londons largest housing associations and chief executive of Network Homes, said that housing associations stood ready to support the key workers who have kept the country going through the pandemic. She said: While we continue to push for the social rented homes London needs, it is vital we also have options for those who struggle to afford private rents or are locked out of the housing market.

However Conservative assembly memberAndrew Boff branded the announcement aPR distraction designed to hide Khans failure to build the homes he promised Londoners. He said: The Mayor needs to focus on delivering the 116,000 affordable homes he has the money to build. By delivering those homes now, thousands of Londoners would finally be able to get on the housing ladder without priority access.

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A&E Elkins will deliver council homes across the borough using modular construction under the ACA TAC-1 term alliance form of contract.

A&E Elkins is an alliance with manufacturer Ideal Modular Homes and architect ShedKM.

It will deliver up to 750 affordable rent council homes across 60 sites.

Two sites at former garages have already been granted planning permission for the modular homes.

Greenwich has more than 20,000 people on the housing waiting list with an average wait time of nearly three years.

The project will run for five years with the possible extension for a further five years.

Greenwich cabinet member for housing, Anthony Okereke, said: Employing modular techniques as part of our Greenwich Builds programme is allowing us to quickly deliver the high quality and sustainable council homes so badly needed in our borough.

With plans for construction on 750 new homes to be underway by 2022, were excited to be at the forefront of delivering innovative zero-carbon council properties, making good on Royal Greenwichs commitments to tackling the housing crisis and climate change.

Founder of Ideal Modular Homes, Luke Barnes, said: Councils are under constant pressure to deliver affordable housing at a reduced cost, while still delivering on quality.

This joint venture will see that beautifully designed high-quality homes can be delivered in half the time that traditional methods would.

Alex Flint, director at shedkm, added: The new homes look to change the perception towards offsite manufacturing, through carefully crafted and long-lasting materials, and considered internal layouts.

In addition, we will work alongside the landscape architects to ensure that we create new neighbourhoods with identity and a sense of place, providing the residents with a sense of belonging.

The first modular homes are expected to be ready by the end of the year.

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A truck landed in an improbable place on Friday morning, and the Camden County Sheriff says they have an idea how it happened.

According to a brief report published by the Camden County Sheriff's Department, in the early hours of Friday, Aug. 7, deputies responded to the area of Bittersweet Circle, on a call about an accident involving three vehicles. They found quite a scene.

A truck was stuck, partway into the top of a building, resting atop another vehicle. According to Camden County Captain Chris Twitchel, "the subject reported he was traveling past Camden On the Lake and a person ran him off the road." Unfortunately, that took place next to a retaining wall, Twitchel says, so the road sat higher than a nearby building. "He ran off a retaining wall and, well, the rest is history," Twitchel added.

Incredibly, the sheriff's office says there were no injuries or arrests as a result of the incident.

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Yonkers' Greenwood Road residents are trapped on their dead end street, with fallen power lines and a giant tree. Rockland/Westchester Journal News

YONKERS Cassandra Mondonedo knows trees are down everywhere and that crews are working to restore power I get it, she says.

She also knows its not safe that the only way to leave her street is by walking over live wires still pinned under a tree three days after Tropical Storm Isaias swept through.

It's so frustrating, the 38-year-old said, echoing a chorusheard across the region in the storm's wake. We're not in a rush to get power. It's more about the access to get out because it's not safe.

Greenwood Road resident Cassandra Mondonedo is pictured in front of a huge tree and downed power lines on their dead end street Aug. 7, 2020. Four families are stranded on the end of the street. (Photo: Mark Vergari/The Journal News)

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Mondonedo lives at the end of Greenwood Road, in the citys Dunwoodie section, with her disabled 82-year-old father, Fred, and her sister, Cathy. Her sister isa nurse practitioner who has been unable to get to work in the city since Tuesdays storm, when a tree fell across their road, snapping a utility pole and pinning the neighbors in behind it.

Greenwood Road residents in Yonkers, from left, Angela Macheda, Cassandra Mondonedo, Laura Macheda and Gina Mimiasie are pictured behind a huge tree and toppled power lines on their dead end street Aug. 7, 2020. Four families are stranded on the end of the street. (Photo: Mark Vergari/The Journal News)

The fire department came that night, saw the live wire and said it would wait for Con Ed. The first Con Ed representative came about 10 a.m. the next day, the first in a line of reps,carrying cameras to document the damage but no chainsaws to remove the tree.

The utility put up caution tape and sent someone else: a worker to watch the trapped wire, which Mondonedo says is still live. A Con Ed rep was there Friday, in a red truck noting that a live wire was nearby.

Everything is live, Mondonedo said, her voice rising in frustration. Because we've been calling ConEd so much, they sent a security guard to watch us. They put caution tape lines over the lines that we have to walk over. We already know how to maneuver over it, but everything is still live.

Getting around the wire is something she and her neighbors have learned to do, although its not easy.

A Con Edison representative watches over the area where a huge tree and downed power lines have fallen on Greenwood Road in Yonkers, a dead end street Aug. 7, 2020. Four families are stranded on the end of the street. (Photo: Mark Vergari/The Journal News)

It's not like a straight shot, she said. You have to go down one retaining wall, up another retaining wall, through trees with wires hanging down. It's tough.

The neighbors worry that an ambulance would never be able to get down their street. They have a paralyzed neighbor, someone on oxygen, someone coming home from the hospital.

"We told them we were on the priority list. The rep took my name and said 'We're trying to make everyone a priority. We'll eventually get to you.'

Eventually could be next week.

The rep my neighbor spoke to yesterday said we'd have power by August 10, she said.

In the meantime, they keep working the phones, negotiating those retaining walls, and relying on friends and family to give them rides or drop off food.

It's peanut butter and jelly during the day and then if I can get out at night to go and get something and bring it back, that's what I do, she said.

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The City of Rice Lake is purchasing a small area along Messenger Street from a private entity in order to repair a deteriorating retaining wall.

The property is a gully next to JJ Elf Shoe Repair that is an important waterway to the Red Cedar River from the northern parts of the city.

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ROCKFORD, Mich. A West Michigan contractor is accused of taking thousands of dollars and not doing the job.

Davide Uccello says in October he hired Eric Demorest of RAM Concrete and Flatwork to fix his failing driveway at his newly bought home.

The cost of the job was roughly $20,000. Uccello says he paid half, down.

They were out here the first day that I actually gave him the check and they excavated. That's the last time I saw him, Uccello told FOX 17.

Uccello says they excavated and left, leaving his driveway in an even worse spot heading into winter.

At that point, I had a whole complete mudslide towards my house that could essentially just wipe the whole house out Uccello explained.

I tried to make contact with him, he kept telling me yes I'll be there. Well after about 30 days of text messages I just realized he wasn't going to come and I had to get on fixing the situation, Uccello said.

Uccello hired a different contractor to put in a retaining wall to protect his home.

He then sued Demorest in Kent County court and in April was awarded a judgement of more than 50,000 dollars, which includes damages.

But Uccello says Demorest wont pay up.

He's unwilling to cooperate with the courts, he's unwilling to cooperate with any juncture of this lawsuit, so I have a judgment that I really can't collect on. I want to make sure that he doesn't do this to anyone else in the community, Uccello added.

According to documents obtained by FOX 17 Problem Solvers, Eric Demorest filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy on July 15th.

In his filing, numerous creditors including individuals and other companies are listed, totaling nearly $140,000 owed.

Last week, FOX 17 Problem Sovler Aaron Parseghian called Eric Demorest to ask him about whats going on.

He refuted Uccellos claims and said hed have his attorney send information and a statement within a couple days.

We waited four days and still heard nothing, our crew then visited a home we heard he was doing work at.

Our crew waited in the driveway for someone to come outside and in a few minutes, someone inside saw them, closed the doors, the windows and our crew left.

Hopefully he will man up and make this right you know because I will put whatever is in the past in the past, as long as it's made right, Uccello said.

A couple hours after taping this on Monday, Eric Demorest called FOX 17s Aaron Parseghian and said he was on his wifes property and informed Aaron that she was pressing charges against him for trespassing.

Aaron Parseghian nor the photographer he was working with saw any no trespassing signs on the property and are fully cooperating with local law enforcement.

Demorest also told Aaron if FOX 17 ran the story hed be suing him for defamation.

Well keep you updated as this develops.

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