The
$250 million Housing Endowment Fund (HEF) was
established in 2007 to encourage new ideas and support
innovative housing solutions for British Columbians most in
need. The Fund has been successful since its inception and is
now fully subscribed.
More
than 40 innovative housing proposals received more than $25
million to develop nearly 400 affordable housing units and
other unique projects. As well, all of the future earnings of
the Housing Endowment Fund have been committed to provide
housing and support services for 2,200 people who would
otherwise be homeless. Permanent housing is being
created in 32 new supportive housing developments in eight
municipalities across B.C. The first of these
projects have already opened in Kelowna, Victoria and
Vancouver. The remainder of the projects will be
completed over the next 24
months.
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Organization
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City
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Target
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Contribution
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Description
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Professional
Firefighters' Burn Fund
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Vancouver
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Burn
survivors & their families
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$2
million
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Short-term housing (8 rooms) for clients
travelling to Vancouver for treatment & care
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| Highland Valley |
Logan Lake |
Homeless & at
risk |
$1.7 million |
Therapeutic Community
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Ch-ihl
-kway-uhk Tribe Society
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Chilliwack
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Aboriginal
youth & families struggling with
addictions&/or abuse
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$1.5
million
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Renovation of existing facility to
healing & wellness village with 28 healing
eds & on-site counselling,
recreation & healing space
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| Delta Hospice Society |
Delta |
Palliative care |
$1.5 million |
Construction of 10
suite Irene Thomas Hospice
& supportive care centre
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| Lake View Village |
Nelson |
Low-income seniors |
$1.37 million |
90-unit supportive housing development
for seniors
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| Acadia Building |
Kamloops |
Homeless & at risk |
$1.3 million |
Affordable housing for youth
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Pacifica Housing Advisory
Association
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Saanich |
Chronically homeless or at risk
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$1.2 million |
Renovation of 18 unit Clover
Place to supportive housing
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River Run Homes
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Nanaimo |
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$1 million |
Pilot project in affordable home
ownership is proposed for 50-unit mobile home park
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| Salvation Army |
Langley |
Homeless |
$1 million |
30 emergency shelter
beds & 25 supportive transitional beds at
Gateway of Hope
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| London Hotel |
Vancouver |
Homeless & at risk |
$864,000 |
Lease for Single Room Occupancy
Hotel
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| Golden Life Management |
Nelson |
Seniors |
$855,000 |
Rent supplements for 13 senior studio
suites needing some independent living help
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Covenant
House
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Vancouver
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Homeless
& at-risk youth
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$850,000
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Expansion to
Pender Street building; 32 new transitional housing beds
plus programming space
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| Royal Canadian Legion |
Across BC |
Veterans & seniors |
$600,000 |
Redevelop sites with affordable housing
for veterans & seniors
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| Vernon & District Community
Land Trust Society |
Vernon |
Low-income individuals &
families |
$600,000 |
Multi-faceted partnership project to
develop rental & affordable home ownership
housing
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Prince George Hospice Society
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Prince George |
Hospice patients |
$600,000 |
Expansion of Rotary Hospice
House |
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| Wagner Hills Farm Society |
Langley |
Women in addiction recovery |
$525,000 |
14-bed transitional housing
development & greenhouses for work skills
program
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Habitat For
Humanity Canada
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Province-wide
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Low-to-moderate income families
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$500,000
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Memorandum of Understanding to help
HFHC’s 13 B.C. affiliates develop affordable
homeownership projects
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| Honour House Society |
New Westminster |
Temporary housing for veterans
& families |
$500,000 |
Renovations
for temporary housing for veterans
and families receiving care or rehabilitation |
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| New Hope Recovery Society |
Prince George |
People with persistent/chronic
addiction
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$500,000 |
Drug & alcohol recovery
community |
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Victoria
Youth Empowerment Society
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Victoria
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Youth at
risk
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$480,000
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Eight transitional housing units &
hospitality training centre
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| Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource
Group |
Victoria |
Families that are homeless or at
risk |
$380,000 |
Transitional & supportive housing
facility for families that are homeless or at
risk
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Cortes Island
Seniors Society
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Cortes
Island
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Seniors
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$380,000
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Six
affordable housing cottages
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Omineca Safe Home Society
|
Vanderhoof |
Women & children fleeing
abusive situations
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$350,000 |
Four-unit (one-bedroom unit,
two 2-bedroom units, and one three bedroom unit)
housing complex with integrated supports
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| Sunshine Coast Association for
Community Living |
Sechelt |
People with
developmental & other disabilities who are
able to live independently
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$302,800 |
Purchase of four strata units in
24-unit strata complex to provide affordable housing |
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| 566 Powell Street |
Vancouver |
Homeless & at risk |
$300,000 |
Lease for Single Room Occupancy
Hotel
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British Columbia Institute of
Technology(BCIT)
|
Burnaby |
Students |
$250,000 |
Applied research endowment for adoption
of green strategies in development
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| Portland Hotel Society |
Vancouver |
Homeless & Homeless at
Risk |
$250,000 |
Assisting homeless with concurrent mental
illness and substance abuse issues
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| Victoria Cool Aid Society &
AIDS Vancouver Island |
Victoria |
Homeless & at risk |
$205,000 |
Capital improvements: seismic retrofit,
elevator installation & interior upgrades for ACCESS
Health Centre (offers primary health care and social
services)
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| Greater Victoria Housing
Society |
Victoria |
Seniors and families |
$190,000 |
Sale and purchase agreement for a 3
storey rental building. Mix of studio, 1 & 2
bedroom.
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Canadian Home
Builders Association of B.C.
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Homebuilders,
suppliers & manufacturers
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$150,000
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Training
funds to develop Built Green certified homes
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| Ursus Homes |
Langley |
Wood industry, homebuilding
industry |
$105,000 |
Prototype of sustainable, energy
efficient home utilizing European-inspired closed panel
wood frame system adapted to BC climate
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SAFERhome
Standards Society
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Vancouver
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Seniors
(focus on accessibility)
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$100,000
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Certification
program for cost-effective, 19-point design criteria for
any new residential or commercial building plans
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Hornby Island
Elder Housing Society
|
Hornby
Island
|
Seniors
|
$95,000
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Four
‘green’ seniors housing units
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| John Howard Society of North
Island |
Campbell River |
Youth |
$99,000 |
Renovations of six-unit
Barnett House for youth who are homeless or at
risk
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Pacifica Housing Advisory
Association
|
Victoria
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Homeless accessing shelters
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$87,890
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Pilot project to lease existing privately
owned storage space to provide homeless people with storage
facilities
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Roofs&Roots Housing Cooperative
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Victoria
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Low-income
families & individuals
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$70,000
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Conversion of
an apartment building to five co-op units
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Smart Growth BC
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Province-wide
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Local governments, housing industry
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$50,000
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Help local governments
develop & implement housing strategies
tailored to market & needs, &
assist in utilizing market tools for creating
affordable housing
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| Tyee Housing Co-operative |
Province-wide |
Co-op & moderate income
households |
$40,000 |
Seminars & workshops in Vancouver
& Victoria to explore municipal inclusionary housing
policies, best practices and innovative redevelopment
options with experts from Canada, UK & USA
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| Co-operative Housing Federation
of British Columbia |
Province-wide |
Manufactured Home Park
Tenants |
$33,225 |
Study feasibility of resident
ownership of land or pads for people living in manufactured
homes. Review 3 tenure options, assessed as to
feasibility of creating new park or acquiring
existing park
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| Chilliwack Supportive Housing
Society |
Chilliwack |
People with mental heath
issues |
$33,000 |
Assist with acquisition of an apartment
and recommended repairs
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University of British Columbia
|
Vancouver |
Individuals in need of
supportive housing |
$30,000 |
Social housing graduate seminar and
design competition for students of School of Architecture
and Landscape Architecture at University of British
Columbia
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| The Sheltair Group –
Royal Canadian Legion |
Province-wide |
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$26,400 |
Research feasibility project -
redeveloping Royal Canadian Legion (RCL) sites for use as
affordable housing. RCL owns large, centrally- located lots
with existing under-utilized buildings in many B.C.
communities
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City of Surrey
|
Surrey
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Refugees
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$25,208
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Research report on housing experiences of
refugees in Surrey
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| Bee's Nest Recovery Home |
Courtenay |
Men with addictions |
$19,360 |
Two additional new bedrooms for men in
recovery from addictions
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| Network of East Vancouver
Community Organizations |
Lower Mainland |
Homeless & people at risk
with mental illness &/or addiction issues |
$15,000 |
Feasibility analysis of affordable
housing in existing multi-family dwellings located in more
affordable neighbourhoods to identify appropriate
condominiums, prepare business plan, &
develop community support for program to focus on potential
of housing with mobile supports
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| Comox Valley Understanding
Men |
Courtenay |
Men who are homeless or at
risk |
$12,000 |
Upgrades, renovations, staff education
& training, computer equipment & furniture for five
units of supportive transitional housing for men who are
homeless or at risk
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