HEF approved projects

The following proposals have been awarded funding under the Housing Endowment Fund (HEF):

Organization	City	Target Households	Endowment Fund Contribution	Description
BC Professional Firefighters' Burn Fund	Vancouver	Burn survivors and their families	$2 million	Short-term housing (8 rooms) for clients travelling to Vancouver for treatment and care
Ch-ihl-kway-uhk Tribe Society	Chilliwack	Aboriginal youth and families struggling with addictions and/or abuse	$1.5 million	Renovation of existing facility to a healing & wellness village with 28 healing beds and on-site counselling, recreation and healing space
Convenant House	Vancouver	Homeless and at-risk youth	$850,000	Expansion to Pender Street building; 32 new transitional housing beds plus programming space
Habitat For Humanity Canada	Province-wide	Low-to-moderate-income families	$500,000	Memorandum of Understanding to help HFHC’s 13 B.C. affiliates develop affordable homeownership projects
Victoria Youth Empowerment Society	Victoria	Youth at risk	$480,000	Eight transitional housing units
Cortes Island Seniors Society	Cortes Island	Seniors	$380,000	Six affordable housing cottages
Canadian Home Builders Association of B.C.		Homebuilders, suppliers and manufacturers	$150,000	Training funds to develop Built Green certified homes
SAFERhome Standards Society	Vancouver	Focus on accessibility for seniors	$100,000	Certification program for cost-effective, 19-point design criteria for any new residential or commercial building plans.
Hornby Island Elder Housing Society	Hornby Island	Seniors	$95,000	Four ‘green’ seniors’ housing units.
Roofs&Roots Housing Cooperative	Victoria	Low-income families and individuals	$70,000	Conversion of an apartment building to five co-op units

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