Province aims to add 250 temporary homes in Jasper [Video]

Jason Nixon, minister of seniors, community and social services speaks with Alberta Primetime host Michael Higgins about their investments in interim housing for Jasper.

This interview has been edited for clarity and length.

Michael Higgins: If you could paint us a picture of what this interim housing development will look like. Albertans might have an image in mind with that mention of that term, modular homes.

Jason Nixon: Often when we deal with these situations, in the past, this has not been the same challenge that we’ve seen in Jasper because you would have larger communities that were closer to the place that’s experienced the disaster.

Often as you’re dealing with those interim housing needs, there’s a place close enough with vacancies that you could help people stay in, through their insurance programs, while their homes are being rebuilt. Jasper is remote, the only close place being Hinton, and so that adds some unique challenges.

We looked at using traditional oil field camps …