2011 - 2012 News Releases
News Release Index
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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
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 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
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