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HousingBCTogether agenda features over 50 panellists & speakers
Housing attainability and affordability are among B.C.’s communities’ most significant social challenges. UBCM’s summit HousingBCTogether will gather leaders from all orders of government, along with industry, not-for-profit and Indigenous housing sectors to rethink housing policy with a focus on transformative solutions. As we get closer to welcoming delegates April 4-5 at the Vancouver Wall Centre, […]
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Province supports Chilliwack riverside cleanup
March 8, 2023 CHILLIWACK – The Province is supporting the environmental protection of sensitive environmental areas along the Chilliwack River for the removal of belongings left behind on vacant and unattended land. “We’re investing in this cleanup to ensure that the sensitive environmental areas of the Chilliwack River shores are kept in a natural state […]
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BC Budget is a Step Forward on Reconciliation
The unceded territory of the Sḵwxwú7mesẖ Nation, West Vancouver BC – For Immediate Release AHMA is pleased to see significant investment in Affordable Housing and Homelessness across BC. This investment is long overdue and needed as BC deals with a housing and homelessness crisis that disproportionately impacts Indigenous people and communities. For too long, governments […]
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Two ‘upcycled’ homes gifted to First Nation on Vancouver Island – CTV News
March 2, 2023 Two homes that were slated for demolition to make way for a new development in Esquimalt have been gifted to a Vancouver Island First Nation. The Songhees Nation decided that the two single-family homes at 815 and 825 Selkirk Ave. would be gifted to two families via a lottery. Once both homes […]
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Welcome Home Kits support transition to stable housing
Feb. 10, 2023 VICTORIA – New Welcome Home Kits will provide household items and essential supplies to individuals and families throughout the province as they transition into more stable housing. “In a huge housewarming for folks who used to be unhoused, we are helping with startup supplies to help get people settled in their new […]
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More than 30 tenants in Prince Rupert face evictions during a housing crisis – APTN News
Feb 06, 2023 More than 30 tenants of two apartment complexes in Prince Rupert, B.C. are being told they have until the end of April to move out. First Nations elders in one apartment agreed their building needs repairs – but there is no place for them to go while they’re being made. “It’s a […]
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Community leaders stand together to advocate for Indigenous Housing
February 2, 2023 Unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, Vancouver BC – Community leaders across BC are standing together to demonstrate support for safe, affordable, culturally supportive Indigenous housing in our province. The Aboriginal Housing Management Association (AHMA) invited elected officials, municipalities, Indigenous Nations, affordable housing providers, and […]
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Buildex Vancouver: Modular construction a housing solution for First Nations – constructconnect.com
February 1, 2023 One of the biggest challenges facing First Nations is the procurement of suitable housing for their members. At Buildex Vancouver 2023, a panel of housing experts will discuss how modular construction can help First Nations get the housing they need. The seminar, Bringing Rapid, Affordable Housing to First Nations Communities Through Modular […]
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Lisa Helps appointed as Premier’s adviser on housing to support rollout of BC Builds
Jan. 26, 2023 VICTORIA – Premier David Eby has appointed Lisa Helps, Victoria’s former mayor, as the Premier’s housing solutions adviser. Helps will work with the Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Housing, stakeholders and partners, to help design and develop the BC Builds program, an initiative to build housing for middle-income families, individuals and seniors. “The current reality is that […]
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Thirty-Six New Rental Homes for Independent Seniors coming to Fort St. James
Jan 26, 2023 FORT ST. JAMES, BC – Today, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, Taleeb Noormohamed, Member of Parliament for Vancouver Granville, Ravi Kahlon, BC Minister of Housing, Brooke Eschuk, Economic Development Officer, District of Fort St. James, and Tyrell Arnold, Executive Director, Connexus Community Resources announced a combined […]
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