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2011 - 2012 News Releases

February 16, 2012

Province extends funding for First United Shelter

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

February 10, 2012

Affordable seniors’ housing underway in Nelson

Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities

January 27, 2012

Affordable seniors’ housing opens in Sechelt

Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities

January 27, 2012

New program helps promotes safe and independent living

Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities

January 20, 2012

New second-stage homes for women in Surrey

Topic: Women

January 20, 2012

Affordable seniors housing opens in Parksville

Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities

January 2, 2012

B.C. raises threshold of homeowner grant

Topic: General

December 22, 2011

Making Progress: Housing investments help 95,000 people

December 15, 2011

Marble Arch Shelter Opens, Vancouver

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

December 14, 2011

New Strata Property Act Regulations on Accountability

Topic: Housing and Construction Standards


December 14, 2011

Society selected for Emergency Shelter, Coquitlam

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

December 9, 2011

New supportive homes fostering independence for tenants at risk, Chilliwack

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

December 9, 2011

Supportive homes for Aboriginal Mother's open in Vancouver

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing, Women

December 5, 2011

Two additional shelters to open in Vancouver

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

November 30, 2011

Societies selected for supportive housing sites, Nanaimo

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

November 29, 2011

Province to open shelter space in Marble Arch Hotel, Vancouver

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

November 28, 2011

New Supportive Housing Underway in Vancouver

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

November 25, 2011

Province opening new women-only shelter in Vancouver

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing, Women


November 17, 2011

Province funds Habitat for Humanity-Boundary project, Grand Forks

Topic: Affordable Housing

November 9, 3011

New supportive housing opens in Victoria

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

November 8, 2011

Supportive housing making a difference in New Westminster

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

November 7, 2011

Expanded supportive housing opens in North Vancouver

Topic: Supportive Housing, People with Disabilities

October 21, 2011

Public consultation on 2012 BC Building Code

Topic: Housing and Construction Standards

October 21, 2011

Renovation project to revitalize 13 SROs, Vancouver

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

October 14, 2001

Letter to the Editor, Globe and Mail, Winter shelters in Vancouver

October 14, 2011

Affordable seniors' housing opens in Kelowna

Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities

October 13, 2011

Society selected for housing at former remand centre site

Topic:Homelessness and Supportive Housing

October 12, 2011

Province affirms commitment for Coquitlam homeless shelter

Topic:Homelessness and Supportive Housing

October 11, 2001

New Supportive Housing Makes a Difference (Karis Place and Station Street Open), Vancouver

Topic:Homelessness and Supportive Housing

October 11, 2001

Province announces supports for winter shelters

Topic:Homelessness and Supportive Housing

October 8, 2011

Province Proclaims Homelessness Action Week

Topic:Homelessness and Supportive Housing

September 22, 2001

Construction in progress for supportive housing in Nanaimo

Topic:Homelessness and Supportive Housing

September 19, 2001

Strata Property Act Consultation Launched

Topic: Housing and Construction Standards

September 13, 2011

New guide to improve wood-frame construction

Topic: Housing and Construction Standards

September 13, 2011

New supportive housing sites announced for Nanaimo

Topic:Homelessness and Supportive Housing

September 2, 2011

Affordable seniors’ housing opens in Penticton

Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities

August 31, 2011

Affordable seniors’ housing opens in Cranbrook

Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities

August 30, 2011

Affordable housing for adults with mental health challenges, Vancouver

Topic: Supportive Housing

August 29, 2011

Affordable Seniors Housing Underway, Prince George

Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities

August 25, 2011

Affordable seniors housing opens in 100 Mile House

Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities

August 3, 2011

Affordable Aboriginal housing reaches one-year anniversary, Dawson Creek

Topic: Affordable Housing, Aboriginal Housing

August 3, 2011

Affordable seniors’ housing underway in Saanich

Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities

July 25, 2011

Agreement reached on affordable housing investments

Topic: Affordable Housing

July 25, 2011

New supportive housing for women opens in Vancouver

Topic: Affordable Housing, Women

July 22, 2011

$8.4M Olympic Legacy Housing opens in Saanich

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

July 20, 2011

Redevelopment of seniors housing underway in North Vancouver

Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities

July 15, 2011

Rural Native Housing portfolio transfer, Vancouver Island

Topic: Affordable Housing, Aboriginal Housing


July17, 2011

Transition house for Aboriginal men opens in Vancouver

Topic:Homelessness and Supportive Housing

July 8, 2011

Baldy Hughes prepares for future growth, Prince George

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

July 8, 2011

New Supportive Housing Opens in Kelowna

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

July 4, 2011

Vancouver shelter remains open with funding extension

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

June 28, 2011

Housing with health services helps homeless in Surrey

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

June 27, 2011

Vancouver’s eighth supportive housing project underway

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

June 17, 2011

$9M supportive housing project underway in Maple Ridge

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

June 17, 2011

$17-million housing for Aboriginal families breaks ground, Vancouver

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing / Affordable Housing Housing and Construction Standards

June 14, 2011

Greening the Building Code – Communities adopt solar power

Topic: Housing and Construction Standards

June 13, 2011

Operator selected for Merritt housing

Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities

June 10, 2011

Supports and housing for Youth and Elders in Nanaimo

Topic: Aboriginal Housing

June 9, 2011

Operator selected for North Vancouver housing

Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities

, 2011

Aboriginal supportive housing underway in Vancouver

Topic: Aboriginal Housing

May 27, 2011

B.C. invests $9.8M for affordable housing in Victoria

Topic: Affordable Housing

May 24, 2011

Province's strategy reduces homelessness, Vancouver

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

May 6, 2011

New supportive housing for women and children in Surrey

Topic: Women, Affordable Housing

May 5, 2011

Premier Christy Clark announces new affordable housing

Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities

April 30, 2011

Expansion for women’s recovery housing in Langley

Topic: Women, Affordable Housing

April 26-29, 2011

Final update: Vancouver temporary shelter closures, April 29
Update: housing assistance at Vancouver temporary shelters, April 28
Update: housing assistance at Vancouver temporary shelters, April 27
Housing assistance at Vancouver temporary shelters, April 26

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

April 25, 2011

Province extends funding for Vancouver shelter

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

April 21, 2011

Operator selected for Revelstoke Housing

Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities

April 18, 2011

New housing and shelter for homeless opens in Vancouver

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

April 14, 2011

Supportive housing for women in Abbotsford now underway

Topic: Women, Affordable Housing

April 12, 2011

Operators selected for Logan Lake and Naramata housing

Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities

April 8, 2011

Site proposed for transitional housing for men in Abbotsford

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

April 1, 2011

Proponent selected for housing development

Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities

March 25, 2011

Renovation projects announced for B.C.

Topic: Affordable Housing

March 15, 2011

Assisted living development breaks ground in Duncan

Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities

February 23, 2011

New Renovation Projects Announced for B.C.

Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities

February 23, 2011

$7.4m Supportive Housing Breaks Ground in Kelowna

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

February 23, 2011

$5.1 Million Transition Housing Project Underway

Topic: Women, Affordable Housing

February 19, 2011

$18m Seniors Supportive Housing Opens in Burnaby

Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities

February 19, 2011

Affordable Seniors’ Housing Opens in Coquitlam

Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities

February 19, 2011

$2m for Transitional and Supportive Housing in Kamloops

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

February 22, 2011

New Guide Benefits Homebuyers and Builders Across B.C.

Topic: Homeowner Protection Office, Building Code

February 10, 2011

Province Contributes $3m for Health Contact Centre, Chilliwack

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

February 09, 2011

Strata Property Act Survey Launched

Topic: General

February 09, 2011

$5.2m Campbell River Transitional Housing Breaks Ground

Topic: Women, People with Disabilities, Supportive Housing

February 07, 2011

$12.5m Supportive Housing for Women Underway In Surrey

Topic: Women, Affordable Housing

January 29, 2011

Affordable Seniors’ Housing Underway in Sechelt

Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities

January 29, 2011

Newly Expanded Service Building Opens To Help Immigrants

Topic: Affordable Housing

January 29, 2011

$3.7m Olympic Legacy Housing Opens in Sechelt

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing

January 25, 2011

Assisted Living Development Breaks Ground, Burnaby

Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities

January 18, 2011

Affordable Rental Housing Opens, Whistler

Topic: Affordable Housing

January 14, 2011

Province Finances Affordable Housing Development, Victoria

Topic: Affordable Housing

January 10, 2011

Affordable Seniors’ Housing Opens, Kamloops

Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities

January 04, 2011

Housing Development Secures Capital Funding, Nelson

Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing