HEF approved projects

Organization	City	Target	Contribution	Description
Professional Firefighters' Burn Fund	Vancouver	Burn survivors  & their families	$2 million	Short-term housing (8 rooms) for clients travelling to Vancouver for treatment  & care
Highland Valley	Logan Lake	Homeless  & at risk	$1.7 million	Therapeutic Community
Ch-ihl -kway-uhk Tribe Society	Chilliwack	Aboriginal youth  & families struggling with addictions &/or abuse	$1.5 million	Renovation of existing facility to healing & wellness village with 28 healing beds & on-site counselling, recreation & healing space
Delta Hospice Society	Delta	Pallative care	$1.5 million	Construction of 10-suite Irene Thomas Hospice  & supportive care centre
Lake View Village	Nelson	Low-income seniors	$1.37 million	90-unit supportive housing development for seniors
Acadia Building	Kamloops	Homeless & at risk	$1.3 million	Affordable housing for youth
Pacifica Housing Advisory Association (PHAA)	Saanich	Chronically homeless or at risk	$1.2 million	Renovation of 18 unit Clover Place to supportive housing
River Run Homes	Nanaimo		$1 million	Pilot project in affordable home ownership is proposed for 50-unit mobile home park
Salvation Army	Langley	Homeless	$1 million	30 emergency shelter beds & 25 supportive transitional beds at Gateway of Hope
London Hotel	Vancouver	Homeless & at risk	$864,000	Lease for Single Room Occupancy Hotel
Golden Life Management	Nelson	Seniors	$855,000	Rent supplements for 13 senior studio suites needing some independent living help
Covenant House	Vancouver	Homeless  & at-risk youth	$850,000	Expansion to Pender Street building; 32 new transitional housing beds plus programming space
Royal Canadian Legion	Across BC	Veterans & seniors	$600,000	Redevelop sites with affordable housing for veterans & seniors
Vernon & District Community Land Trust Society	Vernon	Low-income individuals & families	$600,000	Multi-faceted partnership project to develop rental  & affordable home ownership housing
Prince George Hospice Society	Prince George	Hospice patients	$600,000	Expansion of Rotary Hospice House
Wagner Hills Farm Society	Langley	Women in addiction recovery	$525,000	14-bed transitional housing development & greenhouses for work skills program
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 & hospitality training centre
Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource Group (NRG)	Victoria	Families that are homeless or at risk	$380,000	Transitional & supportive housing facility for families that are homeless or at risk
Cortes Island Seniors  Society	Cortes Island	Seniors	$380,000	Six affordable housing cottages
Omineca Safe Home Society	Vanderhoof	Women & children fleeing abusive situations	$350,000	Four-unit (one-bedroom unit, two two-bedroom units, and one three-bedroom unit) housing complex with integrated supports
Sunshine Coast Association for Community Living	Sechelt	People with developmental  & other disabilities who are able to live independently	$302,800	Purchase of four strata units in 24-unit strata complex to provide affordable housing
566 Powell Street	Vancouver	Homeless & at risk	$300,000	Lease for Single Room Occupancy Hotel
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)	Burnaby	Students	$250,000	Applied research endowment for adoption of green strategies in development
New Hope Recovery Society	Prince George	People with persistent/chronic addiction	$250,000	Drug & alcohol recovery community
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)
Canadian Home Builders Association of B.C.		Homebuilders, suppliers & manufacturers	$150,000	Training funds to develop Built Green certified homes
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
SAFERhome Standards Society	Vancouver	Seniors (focus on accessibility)	$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
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
Pacifica Housing Advisory Association	Victoria	Homeless accessing shelters	$87,890	Pilot project to lease existing privately-owned storage space to provide homeless people with storage facilities
Roofs&Roots Housing Cooperative	Victoria	Low-income families & individuals	$70,000	Conversion of an apartment building to five co-op units
Smart Growth BC	Province-wide	Local governments, housing industry	$50,000	Help local governments develop & implement housing strategies tailored to market & needs, & assist  in utilizing market tools for creating affordable housing
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
Co-operative Housing Federation of British Columbia (CHF BC)	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
Chilliwack Supportive Housing Society	Chilliwack	People with mental heath issues	$33,000	Assist with acquisition of an apartment and recommended repairs
University of British Columbia (UBC)	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 (SALA) at University of British Columbia (UBC)
The Sheltair Group – Royal Canadian Legion	Province-wide		$26,400	Research feasability 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
City of Surrey	Surrey	Refugees	$25,208	Research report on housing experiences of refugees in Surrey
Bee's Nest Recovery Home	Courtenay	Men with addicitons	$19,360	Two additional new bedrooms for men in recovery from addictions
Network of East Vancouver Community Organizations (NEVCO)	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
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