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The units in the modular apartment building set to open in Marpole this month are small, just 250 sq. feet, but each will offer a homeless person their own small kitchen and bathroom with a shower stall.

Officials took journalists on a tour of the temporary apartment block, built of prefabricated units, that is nearing completion in the south Vancouver neighbourhood.

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The city approved the 78 units of social housing at Heather Street and 59th Avenue last fall. Luke Harrison, CEO of the Vancouver Affordable Housing Agency, led the tour of one of the two buildings that Horizon North began building off-site in mid-October.

Each unit’s kitchen has a stovetop and microwave oven. Fourteen wheelchair-accessible units are about 25 sq. ft. larger.

The buildings both feature a 770 sq. ft. common area, dining space and shared laundry. The land was provided by developer Onni Group for a term of five years.