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News Release Index: Homelessness, Mental Health and Addictions
February 16, 2012
Province extends funding for First United Shelter
December 15, 2011
Marble Arch Shelter Opens, Vancouver
December 14, 2011
Society selected for Emergency Shelter, Coquitlam
December 9, 2011
New supportive homes fostering independence for tenants at risk, Chilliwack
December 5, 2011
Two additional shelters to open in Vancouver
November 30, 2011
Societies selected for supportive housing sites, Nanaimo
November 29, 2011
Province to open shelter space in Marble Arch Hotel, Vancouver
November 28, 2011
New Supportive Housing Underway in Vancouver
November 9, 3011
New supportive housing opens in Victoria
November 8, 2011
Supportive housing making a difference in New Westminster
November 7, 2011
Expanded supportive housing opens in North Vancouver
October 21, 2011
Renovation project to revitalize 13 SROs, Vancouver
October 13, 2011
Society selected for housing at former remand centre site
October 12, 2011
Province affirms commitment for Coquitlam homeless shelter
October 11, 2001
New Supportive Housing Makes a Difference (Karis Place and Station Street Open), Vancouver
October 11, 2001
Province announces supports for winter shelters
October 8, 2011
Province Proclaims Homelessness Action Week
September 22, 2001
Construction in progress for supportive housing in Nanaimo
September 13, 2011
New supportive housing sites announced for Nanaimo
August 30, 2011
Affordable housing for adults with mental health challenges, Vancouver
July 22, 2011
$8.4M Olympic Legacy Housing opens in Saanich
July 8, 2011
New Supportive Housing Opens in Kelowna
July 4, 2011
Vancouver shelter remains open with funding extension
June 28, 2011
Housing with health services helps homeless in Surrey
June 27, 2011
Vancouver’s eighth supportive housing project underway
June 17, 2011
$9M supportive housing project underway in Maple Ridge
May 24, 2011
Province's strategy reduces homelessness, Vancouver
April 26-29, 2011
Housing assistance at Vancouver temporary shelters, April 26
April 25, 2011
Province extends funding for Vancouver shelter
April 18, 2011
New housing and shelter for homeless opens in Vancouver
April 8, 2011
Site proposed for transitional housing for men in Abbotsford
February 23, 2011
$7.4m Supportive Housing Breaks Ground in Kelowna
February 19, 2011
$2m for Transitional and Supportive Housing in Kamloops
February 10, 2011
Province Contributes $3m for Health Contact Centre, Chilliwack
February 09, 2011
$5.2m Campbell River Transitional Housing Breaks Ground
January 29, 2011
$3.7m Olympic Legacy Housing Opens in Sechelt
January 04, 2011
Housing Development Secures Capital Funding, Nelson
December 17, 2010
7th Supportive Housing Project in Vancouver Is Underway
November 23, 2010
More Provincial Funding For Vancouver Winter Shelters
November 19, 2010
Extreme Weather Shelter Beds Available
November 15, 2010
Province to Match $25,000 Grant for Homeless Project
November 09, 2010
$16m Supportive Housing for Homeless Opens, Victoria
October 22, 2010
Supportive Housing Development Opens, Mission
October 14, 2010
B.C. Supports Homelessness Action Week
October 12, 2010
New Supportive Housing Fights Homelessness, Kelowna
October 6, 2010
Renovated Heritage Homes Provide New Supportive Housing, New Westminster
September 17, 2010
New Affordable Housing in Kelowna
September 10, 2010
$3.5-Million Supportive Housing Opens in Salmon Arm
September 8, 2010
Province Invests $2.5m Toward Housing Victoria Homeless
July 29, 2010
$1.4 Million Housing for Homeless Opens In Williams Lake
June 30, 2010
$4.25 Million For Supportive Housing Options In Victoria
June 23, 2010
$10-Million Olympic Legacy Housing Project Underway, Chilliwack
June 17, 2010
$3.6-Million Housing For Homeless Opens In Penticton
June 15, 2010
$36.5m Supportive Housing Investment Creates 227 Jobs, Nanaimo
May 25, 2010
$225m In Housing Investments To Create 1,006 New Homes, Vancouver
May 21, 2010
Operator Chosen for New Shelter and Housing in Kamloops
May 14, 2010
$7.3-Million Supportive Housing Investment to Create 47 Jobs, Kelowna
May 07, 2010
$8.4 Million Olympic Legacy Housing Underway In Saanich
April 16, 2010
Province To Continue Funding Heat Shelters, Vancouver
April 08, 2010
$3.7m Olympic Legacy Housing Breaks Ground In Sechelt
March 31, 2010
Province Helps Homeless People in Interior Cities
March 31, 2010
Province’s Homelessness Project Exceeds Target
February 03, 2010
44 More Beds For Severely Mentally Ill And Addicted, (Riverview) Coquitlam
January 27, 2010
$1.9m Supportive Housing Opens In Vernon
January 22, 2010
Newly Renovated Social Housing Opens in New Westminster
January 21, 2010
$18.5-Million Supportive Housing Breaks Ground in Vancouver
January 19, 2010
Province Purchases Rendezvous Hotel for $853,000, Kamloops
January 19, 2010
Local Group Selected To Operate Jamboree Motel Site, Williams Lake
January 15, 2010
$150,000 in New Funding For Our Place, Victoria
January 15, 2010
$3-Million Housing for Homeless Opens In Saanich
January 15, 2010
$28-Million Supportive Housing Underway In Downtown Eastside, Vancouver
January 13, 2010
32 New Shelter Beds Open For Homeless Youth, Vancouver
December 17, 2009
Province Provides $37,000 Grant to Kelowna Winter Shelter
December 15, 2009
$8.47-Million Shelter And Housing For Homeless In Duncan
December 15, 2009
$28.8-Million Supportive Housing Breaks Ground In Vancouver
December 01, 2009
Construction Begins For Unique Small Suite Development
November 27, 2009
$13.7-Million Housing for Langley Homeless Opens
November 10, 2009
$5.9-Million Shelter and Transition House Opens In Terrace
October 16, 2009
Canada, B.C. Open Housing Project For The Homeless
October 16, 2009
Unique Downtown Eastside Storytelling Exhibit Launched
October 16, 2009
Province Funding Bunk Beds At First United Church
October 13, 2009
The Lux, $22m Supportive Housing Gives 92 New Units For Homeless
October 09, 2009
B.C. Proclaims Oct. 11-17 Homelessness Action Week
September 21, 2009
$9.8m Homeless Housing Project Breaks Ground In Victoria
September 21, 2009
Social Housing A Priority for Little Mountain
September 18, 2009
New Housing for Homeless Opens In Kamloops
September 15, 2009
Construction Underway On Garfield Hotel
September 04, 2009
Province Provides $505k For Recovery House Purchase
September 11, 2009
$373,000 For Year-Round Emergency Shelter In Squamish
July 30, 2009
New Housing Option for People at Howe Shelter, Vancouver
July 28, 2009
$21.6m Development Creates Jobs and Supportive Housing (Station Street, Vancouver)
July 29, 2009
Supportive Housing Opens in Vernon
July 28, 2009
New Emergency Shelter Opens In Mission
July 24, 2009
Recovery House Opens For Homeless Men In Abbotsford
July 17, 2009
Partners Provide $2.5m For Housing For The Homeless
July 14, 2009
B.C. and Kelowna Invest $8.4m in Housing For Homeless
June 29, 2009
Province Extends Funding For Vancouver Heat Shelters
April 09, 2009
$22.7M HOUSING INVESTMENT TO CREATE 226 JOBS IN KELOWNA
April 06, 2009
$7.3M INVESTMENT TO CREATE 47 JOBS IN CAMPBELL RIVER
April 06, 2009
$14.95M HOUSING INVESTMENT TO CREATE 96 JOBS IN NANAIMO
April 03, 2009
59 JOBS CREATED IN $9.2M HOUSING INVESTMENT, Maple Ridge
April 03, 2009
B.C. TO INVEST $32.9M IN HOUSING FOR HOMELESS IN SURREY
April 03, 2009
$11M INVESTMENT TO CREATE 70 JOBS IN ABBOTSFORD
March 19, 2009
B.C. INVESTS $27.4M IN HOUSING FOR HOMELESS IN VICTORIA
March 18, 2009
$1.7M SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OPENS FOR HOMELESS IN NANAIMO
March 18, 2009
$7.2M SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OPENS IN KAMLOOPS
March 18, 2009
100 SHELTER BEDS CONVERT TO 24/7 IN DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE
February 20, 2009
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING IN PORT COQUITLAM BREAKS GROUND
January 30, 2009
PROVINCE ACQUIRES 15 PROPERTIES TO EXPAND HOUSING
January 30, 2009
PROVINCE INVESTS IN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, Abbotsford
January 30, 2009
PROVINCE FUNDS HOUSING FOR HOMELESS IN PRINCE GEORGE
January 30, 2009
PROVINCE FUNDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, Penticton
January 30, 2009
PROVINCE INVESTS IN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN B.C. INTERIOR
February 02, 2009
$500,000 GRANT KICK STARTS STREETOHOME FOUNDATION
January 07, 2009
$14M REOPENS SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE
December 16, 2008
Partnership to Shelter Homeless, Vancouver
December 12, 2008
PARTNERS UNITE TO HELP HOMELESS, Saanich
December 11, 2008
$830,000 CREATES NEW SHELTER FOR HOMELESS, Surrey
December 04, 2008
AFFORDABLE HOUSING BREAKS GROUND, Nanaimo
November 12, 2008
160 NEW HOUSING UNITS FOR NANAIMO HOMELESS, Nanaimo
November 03, 2008
MORE SHELTER SPACES NOW AVAILABLE, Victoria
October 17, 2008
NEW SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO HELP HOMELESS, Maple Ridge
October 17, 2008
UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP FORMED AT GOVERNMENT SRO HOTELS, Vancouver
October 17, 2008
NEW TEMPORARY SHELTER BEDS OPEN TODAY, Victoria
October 16, 2008
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OPENS, Port Alberni
October 15, 2008
TEMPORARY HOMELESS SHELTER, Duncan
October 04, 2008
FIRST SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR GULF ISLANDS, Salt Spring Island
October 03, 2008
NEW SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OPENS, Kelowna
September 18, 2008
B.C. FUNDS HOMELESSNESS ACTION PLAN, Central Okanagan
September 16, 2008
Funding provided for Homeless Outreach Services, Cranbrook
September 16, 2008
Funding provided for Homeless Outreach Services, $72,200, Hope
September 16, 2008
Funding provided for Homeless Outreach Services, Mission
September 16, 2008
Funding provided for Homeless Outreach Services, Revelstoke
September 16, 2008
HOMELESS OUTREACH ESTABLISHED IN FOUR MORE COMMUNITIES, Mission, Hope, Cranbrook, Revelstoke
September 15, 2008
NEW HOUSING FOR HOMELESS OPENS, Quesnel
September 15, 2008
PROVINCE FUNDS NEW EMERGENCY SHELTER, Vernon
August 12, 2008
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, Kelowna
August 11, 2008
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, Terrace
July 22, 2008
NEW ASSESSMENT CLASS BENEFITS SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
July 17, 2008
PROVINCE FUNDS DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, Kelowna
July 11, 2008
HOMELESS OUTREACH EXPANDS TO FOUR MORE COMMUNITIES
July 11, 2008
Homeless Outreach Expands to Cranbrook
July 11, 2008
Homeless Outreach Expands to Hope
July 11, 2008
Homeless Outreach Expands to Mission
July 11, 2008
Homeless Outreach Expands to Revelstoke
July 08, 2008
PERMANENT HOMELESS SHELTER BREAKS GROUND, Duncan
June 24, 2008
OUR PLACE OPENS TO HELP HOMELESS, Victoria
June 13, 2008
RENOVATIONS BEGIN ON HOUSING TO HELP HOMELESS, New Westminster
April 29, 2008
Agencies Chosen to Provide Expanded Homeless Outreach
April 29, 2008
Agencies Chosen to Provide Expanded Homeless Outreach, Campbell River
April 29, 2008
Agencies Chosen to Provide Expanded Homeless Outreach, Nelson
April 29, 2008
Northwest Addiction Services, $65,000, Terrace
April 18, 2008
HOUSING FOR HOMELESS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, Langley
April 14, 2008
PROVINCE FAST-TRACKS NEW HOUSING FOR HOMELESS, Surrey
April 14, 2008
32 NEW TRANSITION BEDS FOR HOMELESS YOUTH, Vancouver
March 28, 2008
B.C. PROTECTS ADDITIONAL DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE SRO HOTEL, Vancouver
March 26, 2008
NEW TRANSITIONAL HOUSING TO OPEN, Port Alberni
March 19, 2008
NEW SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO HELP HOMELESS, Kelowna
March 14, 2008
NEW SUPPORTED TRANSITION HOUSE OPENS, Kelowna
March 06, 2008
INN RENOVATED TO HELP HOMELESS, Quesnel
February 14, 2008
PROVINCE BUYS SIX HOTELS TO EXPAND AND PROTECT HOUSING, Vancouver
February 01, 2008
NON-PROFITS SELECTED FOR 12 CITY-OWNED HOUSING SITES, Vancouver
February 01, 2008
PROVINCE FUNDS NEW EMERGENCY SHELTER, Vernon
January 22, 2008
NEW SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR HOMELESS, Victoria
December 04, 2007
PROVINCE SUPPORTS 1,700 SOCIAL HOUSING UNITS, Nanaimo
November 17, 2007
SURREY TRANSITION HOUSING SAVED FROM CLOSURE, Surrey
November 07, 2007
PROPOSAL TO EXPEDITE NEW SOCIAL AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, Vancouver
November 02, 2007
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS PURCHASED, North Vancouver
October 29, 2007
NON-PROFIT OPERATORS SELECTED FOR SRO HOTEL BUILDINGS, Vancouver
October 26, 2007
$7M SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OPENS, Vancouver
October 12, 2007
Shelter Services Receive Funding, New Westminster
October 12, 2007
Shelter Services Receive Funding, Port Alberni
October 12, 2007
Shelter Services Receive Funding, Terrace
October 12, 2007
New funding to expand homeless outreach, $360,000, Port Coquitlam
October 12, 2007
New funding to expand homeless outreach, $150,000, Prince Rupert
October 12, 2007
New funding to expand homeless outreach, $150,000, Tofino
October 12, 2007
New funding to expand homeless outreach, $200,000, Duncan
October 12, 2007
New funding to expand homeless outreach, $70,000, Nelson
October 12, 2007
FUNDING FOR HOMELESS OUTREACH & SHELTER, Cambell River
October 12, 2007
PROVINCE EXPANDS HOMELESS SHELTERS, HOUSING SUPPORTS
August 16, 2007
PROVINCE PURCHASES WHISTLER INN FOR $1.2 MILLION, Kamloops
August 02, 2007
Funding for Homeless Outreach, $80,000, Port Alberni
August 02, 2007
Funding for Homeless Outreach, $80,000, Williams Lake and 100 Mile House
August 02, 2007
HOMELESS OUTREACH PROGRAM EXPANDS
June 01, 2007
NEW SHELTER OFFERS HOPE FOR THE HOMELESS, Nanaimo
June 01, 2007
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BREAKS GROUND, Salt Spring Island
May 24, 2007
30 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS TO HELP HOMELESS, Kelowna
May 23, 2007
OZANAM HOUSE OPENS TO HELP HOMELESS, Kelowna
May 18, 2007
87 UNITS BEING BUILT DOWNTOWN TO HELP HOMELESS, Vancouver
May 04, 2007
VANCOUVER HOTEL PURCHASE PRICES AVAILABLE, Vancouver
April 03, 2007
PROVINCE TO PROTECT 996 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS
April 03, 2007
AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS PROTECTED, Victoria
March 15, 2007
CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, Prince George
February 23, 2007
Homelessness Funding for BC Communities, DUNCAN
February 23, 2007
Homelessness funding for BC Communities, NEW WESTMINSTER
February 23, 2007
Homelessness Funding for BC Communities, PRINCE RUPERT
February 23, 2007
Homelessness Funding for BC Communities, TERRACE
February 23, 2007
TRANSITION HOME FOR YOUTH OPENS, in Victoria
February 23, 2007
758 NEW HOUSING UNITS TO HELP PREVENT HOMELESSNESS
February 21, 2007
NEW PROGRAM HELPS ADDICTS RECOVER IN FRASER REGION
February 07, 2007
85 NEW UNITS TO REDUCE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE HOMELESSNESS, Vancouver
December 08, 2006
$2.4 Million for Downtown Eastside Low-Income Housing, Vancouver
November 30, 2006
Eco-Friendly Mental Health Residence Opens, Langley
November 24, 2006
Victoria Youth Shelter Services Receives $32,100 Grant, Victoria
October 23, 2006
Addiction Recovery Program Expands, Vancouver
October 19, 2006
$77,000 to Help Homeless in Chilliwack and Hope
October 19, 2006
$186,400 to Help Homeless in Burnaby
October 19, 2006
$150,000 to Help Homeless in Kamloops
October 19, 2006
$145,000 to Help Homeless in Kelowna
October 19, 2006
$80,000 to Help Homeless in Maple Ridge
October 19, 2006
$139,600 to Help Homeless in Nanaimo
October 19, 2006
$210,000 to Help Homeless in Prince George
October 19, 2006
$253,000 to Help Homeless in Surrey
October 19, 2006
$45,000 to Help Homeless in Vanderhoof
October 19, 2006
$107,400 to Help Homeless in Abbotsford and Mission
October 19, 2006
$154,000 to Help Homeless in Langley
October 19, 2006
$100,000 to Help Homeless in New Westminster
October 19, 2006
$110,600 to Help Homeless in Port Alberni
October 19, 2006
$125,000 to Help Homeless in Port Coquitlam
October 19, 2006
$45,000 to Help Homeless in Prince Rupert
October 19, 2006
