Re: “Camp might sock Saanich taxpayers for nearly $1M,” July 6.

A pricetag of $250,000 for toilets and showers at tent city? How about using that money to help pay for land for modular housing that the provincial government has offered to pay for?

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It is so incredibly rare for the province to come to us and say: “Hey, want X? We’re willing to pay for it.” Yet that’s exactly what’s happening, and Saanich council is letting this opportunity slip away.

Modular housing is not only a proactive solution to getting rid of tent city, but a huge leap forward in reducing Greater Victoria’s significant homeless population. Let’s stop investing in facilities for tent city and instead invest in getting campers out of Regina Park and into housing.

Ned Taylor

Saanich