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