News releases

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-reserve homes, 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 as winter 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 homes as 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 incomes with 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.

KAMLOOPS - People experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Kamloops now have access to additional housing and supports, with the opening of 28 new supportive homes at the former Fortune Motel.

BURNABY - Fifteen new affordable rental homes and 37 child care spaces are available for families and people in Burnaby with the opening of a new mixed-use housing development.

PRINCETON - The Province, together with BC Housing, the Town of Princeton, and the Princeton and District Community Services Society, has started work on 20 new temporary homes for seniors who lost their homes to flooding in 2021.

RICHMOND - People experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Richmond are moving into new safe and secure homes with the opening of a 40-unit temporary supportive housing building.

BURNABY – The BC Housing Board of Commissioners has launched a process to select a new CEO for the Crown corporation.

Murray Rankin, acting Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Housing, has issued the following statement about the encampment on Hastings Street in Vancouver:

KITIMAT - Women and children leaving violence will soon have access to safe and secure homes as construction begins on a 44-unit housing development in Kitimat.