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Timeline unclear for repairs on BC Housing apartment in Kamloops
It isn't clear when a BC Housing apartment in Kamloops damaged by a fire and…
How Kelowna’s tiny home community is faring six months in
Kelowna recently established a new project to help homeless people get on their feet, and…
Building permits in British Columbia down $1.3B
Building permits value have gone down in the province of British Columbia by $1.3 billion…
Spring opening eyed for delayed BC Housing-owned Kamloops apartment
BC Housing wants to open its fire-damaged Kamloops apartment building by May. That will be…
$6 million bill for new Kamloops homeless shelter
A former Kamloops RV dealership on the North Shore is poised to spend the next…
Affordable housing coming to Kelowna’s downtown near proposed UBCO campus
Nestled next to the proposed UBC Okanagan downtown campus will be a six-storey, 68-unit affordable…
Vernon motel to become low-income housing complex
VERNON - The hunt for an affordable place to call home in Vernon just got a bit easier. The Journey Inn, the former Travelodge located behind the Fruit Union Plaza in downtown Vernon, was recently bought by B.C. Housing and will be operated as a low-income housing complex for people at risk of homelessness, the...
Social housing starting to rise on Central Green site
KELOWNA - Ground-breaking on one of the first phases of the long-awaited Central Green development should take place within a few months after city council approved a long-term lease with the Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society to develop affordable housing on the site. In a report to council, Graham Hood, strategic land development manager for the city,...
Premier breaks ground at affordable seniors’ housing development
KELOWNA – Premier Christy Clark was in Kelowna Monday to break ground on the redevelopment of an affordable senior's housing project. Located on the 600 block of Richter St., Pleasantvale will provide 50 units of seniors' housing and 20 townhomes for families with low to moderate incomes. "For over two decades, the Society of Hope has been making a difference in...
Cold weather shelter for Kamloops homeless up in air
KAMLOOPS - Homeless people in Kamloops will still have a place to go for a hot meal and a place to sleep on Wednesdays thanks to the Out of the Cold program, but it is unclear at this point if the shelter will be approved as an extreme weather shelter again this year. Extreme weather...
Incentives to build affordable housing
KAMLOOPS - Builders in Kamloops now have even more incentive to provide affordable housing thanks to a city initiative meant to help eliminate homelessness in our community. The city, in partnership with the Kamloops Homelessness Action Plan and HomeFree, is now offering packages for developers providing affordable housing. The package outlines all the current incentives...