Durham Region yesterday announced it has won the Ontario Public Works Association 2022 Project of the Year Award in the Structures, less than $2 million category for the Micro-home Supportive Housing Project.
The region worked with NRB Modular Solutions to develop the design and layout of 10 modular housing units (micro-homes) using land in the City of Oshawa that the region owned for a future road widening and realignment project. The use of modular construction techniques allows buildings to be easily and affordably modified or disassembled into components that can be reused or recycled, said a region statement.
It said each unit is about 300 square feet, and equipped with a cooktop, microwave, refrigerator, washer, dryer, kitchen table and chairs, single bed with mattress and shower curtain, doorbell, mailbox and metal bike ring. Two of the units were built as accessible units. Although the current site is temporary, the region can efficiently move these units to their permanent location once determined.
The housing units provide a bridge from homelessness to a permanent home. The first residents moved into the micro-homes in March 2022.
For more information, visit durham.ca/OshawaMicroHomes.