News Releases

WITSET FIRST NATION– The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, Taleeb Noormohamed, Member of Parliament for Vancouver Granville, Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Housing and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Delta North, Nathan Cullen, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Stikine, and Lucy Gagnon, Executive Director, Witset First Nation announced approximately $6 million in funding for a new affordable 26-unit building for elders, individuals and families of Witset First Nation.

SALMON ARM – People experiencing homelessness in Salmon Arm will soon have access to a warm, safe place to sleep when a new temporary winter shelter opens in the community.

New data released by BC Housing shows a record number of purpose-built rental homes will help increase needed rental stock in British Columbia.

VERNON - The Province, through BC Housing, has partnered with the Turning Points Collaborative Society and the City of Vernon to open 52 new supportive homes for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Vernon.

VANCOUVER - Nearly 100 people experiencing homelessness on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside will soon have access to more housing.

PORT ALBERNI - Construction has started on Port Alberni's first tiny-shelter village, which will provide 30 homes for people experiencing homelessness in the community.

CHILLIWACK - People living in Chilliwack with complex mental-health and substance-use challenges will have access to enhanced services as the Province adds as many as 22 complex- care housing spaces.

KAMLOOPS - The Province, through BC Housing, has purchased the former Lamplighter Motel in Kamloops to ensure people at risk of homelessness in the community continue to have a place to live.

LHTAKO DENÉ NATION - Families and individuals of the Lhtako Dené Nation will soon begin moving into 10 new on-reservehomes, with the opening of an affordable rental development.

COQUITLAM - Families, seniors and people with low to moderate incomes are moving into 75 new affordable rental homes with the opening of Mountain View Suites in Coquitlam.

PORT ALBERNI - Construction is underway on 22 safe and secure second-stage homes in Port Alberni for women and their children leaving violence.

State-of-the-art long-term care and dementia care is coming to Comox, providing 156 beds for people and their families in the Comox Valley.

N'QUATQUA - N'Quatqua Nation Elders, families and members have access to 10 new affordable rental homes with the opening of a development on N'Quatqua Nation land outside D'Arcy.

SURREY - The Province, through BC Housing, is partnering with the Community Land Trust of B.C. (CLT), the Sunshine Housing Co-operative and the City of Surrey to build a new 69-home affordable co-operative housing development in Surrey.

VICTORIA - People experiencing or at risk of homelessness will have increased support to access and retain housing through the Province's new Supported Rent Supplement Program (SRSP) which will provide rental, health, social and cultural supports.

PORT ALBERNI - Huu-ay-aht First Nations and B.C. are celebrating the creation of the Oomiiqsu (Aboriginal Mother Centre), a new housing, support and child care centre that will help Indigenous women and children on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

People experiencing homelessness have additional warm and safe indoor shelter options aswinter weather settles over British Columbia.

GIBSONS – Middle-income residents in the Town of Gibsons will soon have access to more affordable housing.

FORT ST. JOHN - People at risk of or experiencing homelessness in Fort St. John have access to 42 new homes with supports now that the Northern Centre of Hope West building is open.

MERRITT - Families, seniors and individuals in Merritt are moving into affordable new rental homesas the doors open on a 75-unit apartment project.

VICTORIA - Construction has started on 50 new safe, secure homes for women and children fleeing violence on the Westshore, which is the result of a partnership between the Province, through BC Housing, and the Victoria Women’s Transition House Society (VWTHS).

SURREY - Residents of Jennings Place are living in improved comfort, safety and security following the completion of a $7.9-million renovation to the 52-unit townhouse complex.

LANGLEY - Families, seniors and individuals will soon have access to 98 new affordable homes in the Township of Langley, with construction underway on a new housing development for low- to moderate-income households in the community.

DELTA– Independent seniors and individuals living with intellectual disabilities will benefit from 130 below-market rental homes as part of a new development under construction in the community.

KEREMEOS - Forty-three new affordable rental homes are now open in Keremeos for families, seniors and people living with disabilities.

VERNON - Families and seniors have access to an additional 29 affordable rental homes for households with low to moderate incomeswith the opening of Albert Place 2.

GRAND FORKS - The Province, through BC Housing, and the City of Grand Forks have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) formalizing their commitment to work together to develop new housing for people in the community.

PRINCE GEORGE - Indigenous Elders and seniors experiencing or at risk of homelessness will soon begin moving into 35 new homes with supports as part of a new multi-phase rental housing development in Prince George.

KELOWNA - People experiencing homelessness in Kelowna now have access to 60 new year- round shelter beds.

OLIVER - More than 40 new affordable rental homes are open in Oliver for families, seniors, Indigenous people and individual living with disabilities.