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Housing
Kelowna council wavering in its vision on how to house its next 50,000 residents
KELOWNA – City council could change its vision for Kelowna’s future yet again next week…
Kelowna looking to collect more money from new homes
KELOWNA – The cost of new homes will jump by about $3,000 if Kelowna City…
Kelowna housing project for women escaping violence benefits organization supporting them
KELOWNA – Being able to display a more public face for Kelowna Women’s Shelter is…
OK no longer good enough for Kelowna developments
KELOWNA – Two recent challenges to a builders’ drawings may not yet be a trend,…
New Kelowna supportive housing project opens as an emergency shelter closes
KELOWNA – Despite the fact that most people moving into a new housing project are…
Helping homeless people in Kelowna is about overcoming the “fear factor”
KELOWNA – To hear some people speak, it was all Kelowna City Council’s fault that…
‘Missing middle’ housing may not be missing for long
KELOWNA – Michael Holzhey believes he’s on the right track in trying to create “missing…
Inn From the Cold site in Kelowna to be redeveloped
KELOWNA – Just because Inn From the Cold emergency shelter will finally close by the…
Quarter of 100 most expensive B.C. Interior homes within few kilometres of each other
KELOWNA – The three key words in real estate are: location, location, location. That holds…
Kelowna council strikes blow against single-family housing construction
KELOWNA – Developers in Black Mountain, Wilden and Southwest Mission need to worry about building…
Get more bang for your energy-saving buck by renovating rather than building new
KELOWNA – Cities in B.C. should not bow to peer pressure by forcing the new…
Date set for public hearing on controversial Kelowna housing project
KELOWNA – A special public hearing will be held just for the controversial Agassiz supportive…
Pathways Abilities Society wants to replace bike shop with six-storey housing complex in Kelowna
KELOWNA – An affordable housing project could replace a building used to help Kelowna residents…
New affordable rental housing coming to Kamloops, Okanagan
The province has announced funding for 4,900 new affordable rental homes across the province, including…
Slowdown in housing market projected for all of B.C.
KELOWNA – A spike in provincial housing starts over the past couple of years is…
How much can B.C. landlords increase rent?
The maximum annual allowable rent increase will go up from 4.0 per cent to 4.5…
Vernon landlord says she’s out of rental business after nightmare tenant
VERNON – Lisa Mazurek was standing at the front desk of the Vernon courthouse, trying…
Kelowna adopts ambitious Journey Home strategy to end homelessness
KELOWNA – If all goes according to plan, Kelowna will reach functional zero homelessness by…
Some families just can’t borrow enough to get into the Okanagan’s pricey real estate market
OKANAGAN – The effects of Canada’s new mortgage stress test are being felt across the…
‘I was devastated:’ Kamloops woman worried her pregnancy will lead to eviction
KAMLOOPS – Kristin Gaddie and her fiancé Zach Wolfer are due to welcome their first…
The single biggest reason behind the spike in homelessness in Vernon
VERNON – There’s no question homelessness has become much more visible on the streets of…
How B.C.’s proposed speculation tax could impact Vernon
VERNON – One of Vernon’s biggest housing developers says it’s already had a drop in…
Housing market a major challenge for Vernon businesses
VERNON – The challenging housing market and lack of affordable homes is making it difficult…
How a Kamloops woman uses lessons learned on the street to help homeless youth find housing
'EVERY DAY WAS A STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL' KAMLOOPS – Katharine McParland knows firsthand how difficult…