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Two Kelowna supportive housing units now for sale — for nearly $350,000
After 13,000 Kelowna residents signed a petition against a supportive housing complex on McCurdy Road…
Kamloops motel reopens as supportive housing with 12 fewer beds than planned
B.C. Housing has repurposed a former hotel in Kamloops as supportive housing. Canadian Mental Health…
Penticton emergency cold weather shelter closes but no guarantee it’ll reopen
During the cold snap this past weekend, a temporary 30-bed overnight shelter was set up…
B.C. Housing buys another Kamloops motel
B.C. Housing bought the Lamplighter Motel in Kamloops, adding to its stock of housing in…
Kelowna family wins $1.75 million Lake Life dream home
Anokha Babu and her family "struck out" on finding a home within their budget multiple…
Subsidized housing to rise behind controversial North Kamloops hotel
B.C. Housing is set to build a six-storey subsidized housing project behind the City-owned Northbridge…
B.C. Housing buys fire-damaged Kamloops apartment building for $13M
B.C. Housing has purchased a North Kamloops apartment building for $13 million roughly two years…
BC Housing spending spree needs more transparency: Professor
B.C. Housing often spends three or four times the assessed value when it buys old…
Update on deadly Kelowna crane crash expected this week
An update of the July 12, 2021 crane collapse that killed five men in Kelowna…
BC Housing turning old motels into hundreds of affordable homes in Penticton
Over the next few years three old motels and an apartment building in Penticton are…
BC Housing buys another Kamloops motel
BC Housing has bought another Kamloops motel taking ownership of a building meant to give…
Realtor didn’t tell B.C. couple about expensive condo costs, gets fined
Omissions by a BC real estate agent cost his client $40,000 and now cost himself…
Okanagan housing alternative proposes solution to wildfire, expense and energy
As the Okanagan faces drastic wildfire issues, a housing crisis, and a climate crisis, new…
Two Okanagan homes up for grabs in 2023 Millionaire Lottery
Two multi-million dollar homes in the Central Okanagan are up for grabs in the this…
Transition housing for women, children fleeing violence opens in West Kelowna
Safe and transition housing for women and children fleeing violence are now available in West…
BC Housing has 83 housing units to show for $30M in Kamloops real estate in 2 years
BC Housing has spent $30 million on Kamloops real estate in the past two years,…
The true cost of Kelowna’s tiny homes for the homeless
BC Housing and the City of Kelowna are working hard to get about half the…
Burst pipe floods vacant BC Housing apartment building in Kamloops
A vacant BC Housing apartment building in Kamloops had a pipe burst as temperatures plummeted…
BC Housing spent $74M in Kamloops last year
BC Housing spent $74 million in Kamloops in just one year. That's three times as…
Indigenous community plays major role in new Penticton supportive housing
A new building will provide supportive housing for those who are experiencing or at risk…
BC Housing spent more than $730M in Thompson-Okanagan in past five years
The province, through BC Housing, has spent big bucks in the past five years trying…
HOUSING CRISIS: Penticton considering new pilot program for affordable housing
As communities throughout the Thompson-Okanagan region struggle to get home built in the midst of…
Tiny homes for Kelowna’s homeless community welcomes first residents
So far, 40 people have moved from Kelowna’s homeless shelters into the individual tiny home…
Kamloops councillor applauds development of downtown Crown land for housing
Upcoming demolition on the Columbia Precinct land in Kamloops has local leaders looking forward to…