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Vernon Affordable Housing
Housing market a major challenge for Vernon businesses
VERNON – The challenging housing market and lack of affordable homes is making it difficult…
The length a Vernon family took to keep loved ones housed
VERNON – Vernon’s tight rental market has some families getting creative when it comes to…
Province makes $23M investment in three Vernon properties to enhance affordable housing
VERNON – The provincial government will purchase and fix up two apartment buildings in Vernon…
What will Vernon’s new modular housing look like and where will it go?
VERNON – A bit like Lego blocks, Vernon’s new modular housing will be pre-fabricated off-site…
‘Monumental’ announcement promises two modular housing projects to combat homelessness in Vernon
VERNON – An $11 million investment in local housing projects will help get people off…
Proposed seniors development in Vernon described as ‘pilot project for affordability’
VERNON – Plans for a new seniors housing development in Vernon include a unique focus…
‘I got nowhere to go’: Lumby residents face eviction from local campground
“WE WOULDN’T BE HERE IF WE HAD SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GO” LUMBY – Virginia Meunier…
Rental suite ‘looked wonderful’ until Vernon woman realized it was too good to be true
VERNON – Hope of finally finding a nice, affordable rental suite for her daughter quickly…
Vernon homeless survey finds more people sleeping outside due to housing, wage issues
VERNON – An in-depth homeless survey found 33 people sleeping outside in Vernon this week.…
‘It’s like a rebirth’: First tenants move in to new low-income housing in Vernon
VERNON – A lot of changes are taking place at an old motel downtown Vernon.…
A Vernon woman offered her yard to a homeless couple with a baby on the way
VERNON – Ryan opens his backpack and, excited to show his girlfriend Chantelle the surprise,…
Thousands of Thompson-Okanagan renters mired in affordable housing crisis, new index says
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - About a quarter of all renters in the Thompson-Okanagan are facing an affordable housing crisis, according to a new study. The new Canadian Rental Housing Index is an interactive map which offers a snapshot of rental housing conditions across the country. You can search by city or electoral area riding, and find the...
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...