affordable housing

B.C. Premier David Eby announced a three-year Secondary Suite Incentive Program on Thursday, May 2 in an effort to provide more affordable rental homes across the province. (Bailey Seymour/Vic News)

B.C. launches 3-year program to increase secondary suites amid housing crisis

The goal is to provide more affordable rental homes for B.C. residents

 

Hadgraft Wilson Place. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

Call for UBC Properties Trust to cease downtown Kelowna construction

Pathways Abilities Society said UBC Properties Trust representatives toured the damage in November

  • May 1, 2024

 

The UBCO downtown Kelowna campus construction has resumed. The evacuated low-income housing Hadgraft Wilson Place can be seen in the background. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

UBCO requests access for assessment of evacuated Kelowna apartments

Hadgraft Wilson Place residents will be housed by Okanagan College for the summer

  • Apr 29, 2024

 

Monique Saebels (left) and Megan Beckmann, residents of Hadgraft Wilson Place, share a moment during an interview with Black Press after being evacuated from their low-income apartments. (Brittany Webster/Black Press)

‘Hotel living isn’t fun’: Evacuated Kelowna residents want answers from city, UBCO

Large cracks in the Hadgraft Wilson Place building led to an evacuation

  • Apr 8, 2024
Monique Saebels (left) and Megan Beckmann, residents of Hadgraft Wilson Place, share a moment during an interview with Black Press after being evacuated from their low-income apartments. (Brittany Webster/Black Press)
The Vivid building in downtown Victoria on March 6. (Mark Page/News Staff)

More lawsuits filed against buyers in Victoria’s Vivid building, total at 22

Province’s suits allege wealthy buyers took advantage of affordable housing program

  • Mar 7, 2024
The Vivid building in downtown Victoria on March 6. (Mark Page/News Staff)
The Vivid building on Johnson Street in Victoria on March 6. (Mark Page/News Staff)

Victoria affordable housing units bought by wealthy investors, lawsuits allege

Vivid building was supposed to be for middle income buyers, accused say program requirements met

  • Mar 6, 2024
The Vivid building on Johnson Street in Victoria on March 6. (Mark Page/News Staff)
Notwithstanding its physical beauty, Metro Vancouver reports a lower quality of life than other parts of British Columbia, with the high cost of housing is one of the likely reasons, according to a new survey. Whereas 48 per cent of all British Columbians reported having a high life satisfaction, that number dropped to 45.1 per cent for residents of Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area (CMA). (Gerry Green/Twitter)

Pursuing happiness in B.C.? Stay away from Metro Vancouver

Statistics Canada says residents living outside of Metro Vancouver are happier, more optimistic

Notwithstanding its physical beauty, Metro Vancouver reports a lower quality of life than other parts of British Columbia, with the high cost of housing is one of the likely reasons, according to a new survey. Whereas 48 per cent of all British Columbians reported having a high life satisfaction, that number dropped to 45.1 per cent for residents of Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area (CMA). (Gerry Green/Twitter)
The Canadian government is extending the foreign buyer ban another two years to 2027. (Black Press Media file photo)

Federal government extends foreign buyer ban on Canadian homes to 2027

Original ban was set to finish at the end of 2024

The Canadian government is extending the foreign buyer ban another two years to 2027. (Black Press Media file photo)
Vancouver-West End MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert, middle right, here seen speaking to renters, Wednesday announced $11 million from the provincial government for the rent bank program. (Black Press Media file photo)

B.C. banks an additional $11 million for immediate renter help

Spencer Chandra Herbert, MLA for Vancouver West-End, announced rent bank top-up Wednesday

Vancouver-West End MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert, middle right, here seen speaking to renters, Wednesday announced $11 million from the provincial government for the rent bank program. (Black Press Media file photo)
New legislation tabled Wednesday upzones areas around Skytrain stations and bus exchanges in promising to create 100,000 new units. (Anna Burns/Surrey Leader Now)

B.C. aims to increase housing density around rapid transit, bus exchanges

New legislation promises to create 100,000 new housing units within a decade

New legislation tabled Wednesday upzones areas around Skytrain stations and bus exchanges in promising to create 100,000 new units. (Anna Burns/Surrey Leader Now)
Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon (right) and Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas take questions from the media during a news conference (Oct. 12, 2023) announcing 120 tiny home units for people experiencing homelessness in the city. (Gary Barnes/Capital News)

More tiny homes could be coming soon to B.C.’s Interior

Housing minister Ravi Kahlon said province will use 120 units coming to Kelowna as a testing ground

Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon (right) and Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas take questions from the media during a news conference (Oct. 12, 2023) announcing 120 tiny home units for people experiencing homelessness in the city. (Gary Barnes/Capital News)
MP Jean-Yves Duclos waits to appear before the Standing Committee on Health, Thursday, March 23, 2023 in Ottawa. The Procurement Minister says the Liberals see turning federal assets into affordable housing as an integral part of fixing Canada’s shortage. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Liberal minister says turning federal assets into affordable housing part of fix

The procurement minister cited a $200-million fund that the government launched through CMHC

MP Jean-Yves Duclos waits to appear before the Standing Committee on Health, Thursday, March 23, 2023 in Ottawa. The Procurement Minister says the Liberals see turning federal assets into affordable housing as an integral part of fixing Canada’s shortage. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
A rental sign is seen outside a building in Ottawa, Thursday, April 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Hot rental market makes search ‘stressful’ for many — it won’t get better soon

Canada needs to build millions more homes before prices will lower: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

A rental sign is seen outside a building in Ottawa, Thursday, April 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, speaks during an announcement outside a rental housing building being developed by the University of British Columbia Properties Trust, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, August 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Canada’s social housing stock lagging behind peer countries

Federal government stopped investing in housing in the 1990s

Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, speaks during an announcement outside a rental housing building being developed by the University of British Columbia Properties Trust, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, August 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
North Okanagan-Shuswap Conservative MP Mel Arnold (left) and colleague, MP Michelle Fererri of Peterborough-Kawartha (Ontario) meet with media in Vernon Friday, Aug. 11, at the Schubert Centre. Fererri is the shadow cabinet critic for families, children and social development. She and Arnold spent two hours listening to concerns in the riding from invited stakeholders. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)

Canada abound in crises: Ontario MP during Vernon visit

Michelle Ferreri is a Conservative shadow cabinet critic for families, children and social development

North Okanagan-Shuswap Conservative MP Mel Arnold (left) and colleague, MP Michelle Fererri of Peterborough-Kawartha (Ontario) meet with media in Vernon Friday, Aug. 11, at the Schubert Centre. Fererri is the shadow cabinet critic for families, children and social development. She and Arnold spent two hours listening to concerns in the riding from invited stakeholders. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)
The Attainable Housing Development Society works with local communities an organizations to fill the housing gap in British Columbia. This summer, they’re hosting their New Home Raffle – giving you the chance to win an amazing home overlooking beautiful Shuswap Lake. Photos courtesy AHDS

Lake life awaits with New Home Raffle

Enter to win a Shuswap Lake home, and help bring attainable housing to others

  • Jul 6, 2023
The Attainable Housing Development Society works with local communities an organizations to fill the housing gap in British Columbia. This summer, they’re hosting their New Home Raffle – giving you the chance to win an amazing home overlooking beautiful Shuswap Lake. Photos courtesy AHDS
A lack of pet-friendly housing tends to be the No. 1 reason why people surrender adult animals to shelters, according to the BC SPCA. (Brenda Anderson photo)

Finding pet-friendly rental housing more problematic than ever in B.C.

‘The No. 1 reason for surrender of adult animals to our shelters is lack of pet-friendly housing’

A lack of pet-friendly housing tends to be the No. 1 reason why people surrender adult animals to shelters, according to the BC SPCA. (Brenda Anderson photo)
Philip and Sonja Hathaway say they will camp in front of the B.C. legislature until they receive some news of when they will get their newborn daughter back. (Hollie Ferguson/News Staff)

Vancouver Island couple camps at B.C. legislature to protest apprehension of newborn

Philip and Sonja Hathaway say their rights and the rights of their new daughter have been violated

Philip and Sonja Hathaway say they will camp in front of the B.C. legislature until they receive some news of when they will get their newborn daughter back. (Hollie Ferguson/News Staff)
A condo project is shown in Langford, B.C., on October 22, 2021. The federal government has set aside billions of dollars to quickly build affordable housing across the country, but delays in construction suggest many of the projects approved for funding are missing their deadlines. The Rapid Housing Initiative is a federal program launched in 2020 that provides funding to cities and non-profit organizations to build affordable homes for vulnerable Canadians, including people experiencing homelessness. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Majority of affordable homes approved under federal program not yet constructed

Just 1,449 units have been completed, according to November document

A condo project is shown in Langford, B.C., on October 22, 2021. The federal government has set aside billions of dollars to quickly build affordable housing across the country, but delays in construction suggest many of the projects approved for funding are missing their deadlines. The Rapid Housing Initiative is a federal program launched in 2020 that provides funding to cities and non-profit organizations to build affordable homes for vulnerable Canadians, including people experiencing homelessness. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
The five-member Purdy family gather in one of two bedrooms they share in a house they rent with extended family in Kapolei, Hawaii, on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. The family moved to Las Vegas in 2017 to escape Hawaii’s high cost of living and returned last year and share two bedrooms in a home they rent with extended family. Native Hawaiians, like the Purdys, who have been priced out of Hawaii are finding more affordable places to live in cities like Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)

Native Hawaiians flock to Las Vegas for affordable living

The median price for a single-family home in Hawaii topped $900,000 during the pandemic

The five-member Purdy family gather in one of two bedrooms they share in a house they rent with extended family in Kapolei, Hawaii, on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. The family moved to Las Vegas in 2017 to escape Hawaii’s high cost of living and returned last year and share two bedrooms in a home they rent with extended family. Native Hawaiians, like the Purdys, who have been priced out of Hawaii are finding more affordable places to live in cities like Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)