Kelowna Housing

• Unhoused seniors, people with disabilities in Kelowna get move-in date

  Residents of the temporary modular homes in the 1700 block will begin moving in starting May 15, 15 people at a time, according to the service provider.

  Canada

  Apr 23
  
• Kelowna renters face rising costs: CMHC

  Kelowna's tight rental market has seen incremental improvement in the past year, though there's been no relief for pocketbooks.  

  Canada

  Feb 27
  
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• ‘Living day by day’: Single mom, with two children, can’t find place to rent in Kelowna

  One of the agencies the Kelowna woman reached out to for help is the Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society, which says the list of people needing affordable housing is long.

  Canada

  Aug 11, 2023
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• Kelowna, B.C. is facing a housing affordability crisis, city report says

  The city is working will all levels of government to address the issue of housing affordability, and council will review this report to discuss what steps to take moving forward.

  Economy

  Jan 22, 2023
• Kelowna, B.C. seeing significant growth in rental households

  According to a report released Wednesday by Statistics Canada, Canada’s homeownership rate fell overall to 66.5 per cent in 2021 from a peak of 69 per cent in 2011.

  Canada

  Sep 22, 2022
• B.C.’s housing inventory lacking ‘right supply’ to resolve affordable housing crisis

  The report shows that the province’s population grew 7.6 per cent while the number of dwellings grew 7.2 per cent between 2016 and 2021.

  Politics

  Mar 23, 2022
• Okanagan study compares energy-efficient water heaters

  "There are a lot of ideas out there that are being tested but we are only looking at technology that is really available."

  Lifestyle

  Jan 28, 2022
• Kelowna’s median house price jumped past $1 million, market report says

  In all 11 B.C. communities the report looked at, however, the median price of a single-family home is now over $1 million.

  Money

  Oct 18, 2021
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• UBC Okanagan launching website to help tackle student housing crunch

  The students' union says housing for university students is not keeping up with the growing UBC Okanagan campus population.

  News

  Oct 5, 2021
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• Kelowna housing society reports ‘huge demand’ as new rental complex opens

  While the opening of the affordable rental complex is welcome news for the city's mayor, Colin Basran said significantly more affordable rental housing is needed in Kelowna.

  News

  May 20, 2021