NEW YORK: The two hundred and eighth entry for the seniors housing Global Award for 2015 has been received.
The shipping container unit is the most beautiful home Marnie Crassweller has ever lived in.
The Vancouver resident has been asked many times what it’s like “living in a can,” but most of the time, she says, she forgets about it.
“It’s got floor-to-ceiling windows, hardwood floors, and butcher block counters,” she said. “I look out at the North Shore. I love it.”
Crassweller is one of 12 women who live in Canada’s first recycled shipping container social housing development.
Established in 2013 by local non-profit Atira Women’s Resource Society, B.C. Hydro and other partners, the housing complex sits across from the Port of Vancouver and provides safe, affordable housing for women in the Downtown Eastside.
The units range from 280 to 290 square feet…
