Housing Crisis
How Okanagan, Kamloops post-secondary students (and parents) can avoid rental scams
An extremely tight rental market means people are desperate to find places to live. That’s…
Cost of building carriage houses in Kelowna may go up $20,000
Already the most expensive city in the Interior of B.C. for housing, the City of…
This is where most new housing is being built in Thompson-Okanagan
More than half of the new housing built in the Thompson-Okanagan’s five largest cities in…
Tax-free plan to replace Kamloops hotels criticized as ‘generous gift’
Kamloops city council wants to incentivize developers to replace hotels and motels throughout the city.…
Plans afoot to replace former daycare in Kelowna with apartments
Monkey’s Playhouse was one of Kelowna’s better known child care facilities until it closed in…
Rents fell in Kamloops and Kelowna in May
The cost of renting one-bedroom apartments in Kelowna and Kamloops fell in May compared to…
HOUSING CRISIS: Penticton mom, daughter fighting cancer being evicted in two weeks
A single mom in Penticton is facing dire straits with nowhere to live in two…
HOUSING CRISIS: Kind stranger rescues Kelowna couple and dog living in a car
– This story was originally published June 1, 2022. A Kelowna couple who have been…
More than half the units in 24-storey Kamloops highrise sell in single day
More than half the units in a new downtown Kamloops condo tower were sold in…
Wrongfully evicted Kelowna tenant fights back and wins $32,000 from former landlord
– This story was originally published May 28, 2022. A former Kelowna tenant will receive…
Could a tax on million dollar homes help fight B.C.’s housing affordability crunch?
An annual surtax on homes worth more than $1 million would affect less than 10%…
A few reasons why new housing is so expensive in the Okanagan
As with other commodities, the price of new housing in the Okanagan is rising dramatically.…
Kelowna house prices are now what Vancouver’s were just 12 years ago
It was 12 years ago, in March 2010, that Vancouver hit the $1 million mark…
B.C. Housing minister says Penticton dumpster death adds urgency to fix housing issues
B.C.'s Housing Minister says the death of a homeless man who was crushed in a…
KELOWNA BLUES: Musician being driven out by housing crisis
It’s one thing to talk about housing prices continually rising in Kelowna as wealthier people…