Social Housing

• Federal housing minister calls on Ontario to do more for social housing

  Federal Housing Minister Nate Erskine-Smith is calling on the Ontario government to do more to address social housing needs in the province.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2025
  
• 60 more supportive housing units coming to Kelowna in January

  The development at 3199 Appaloosa Road is expected to be fully operational by January 2025.

  Canada

  Aug 26, 2024
  
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• Vancouver social housing project expanding to up to 200 spaces

  A housing project in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside is being expanded from one city lot to four and will include community health and social services.

  Health

  Jul 5, 2024
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• Montreal report calls for 60,000 new affordable housing units

  The report calls on Montreal to provide $3 million in seed money to help accomplish the goal.

  Canada

  May 28, 2024
• Refugee attends open house at Downtown Eastside affordable housing facility

  Currently, the building is in the process of taking applicants who wish to live in the facility, with more than 650 people applying so far.

  Canada

  Apr 28, 2024
• Major ‘mixed community’ housing, economic project planned for Wellington Basin

  A development plan is finally in the works for the former federal port lands on the south side of the Peel Basin, bordered by Mill and Bridge streets along the Lachine Canal.

  Canada

  Apr 9, 2024
• Long-promised Downtown Eastside social housing project finally accepting applicants

  The development at 58 West Hastings includes 231 new units, about half of them held at the welfare shelter rate with the other held at a subsidized rate for lower-income people.

  Canada

  Mar 6, 2024
• Housing advocates call for Quebec to speed up construction

  Tenants' rights advocates argue that people waiting for low-rent housing, have little chance of getting a space, so the provincial government needs to accelerate construction.

  Canada

  Feb 19, 2024
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• Accueil Bonneau inaugurates new 114-unit long-term housing centre

  The fully-furnished rooms will be available for low-cost rent to both men and women including, students, seniors and couples in serious financial straits.

  Politics

  Feb 5, 2024
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• B.C. responds to 27 per cent growth for Metro Vancouver social housing queue 

  The B.C. government has responded to concerns centered around the lack of social housing and the growing waitlist in Metro Vancouver.

  Canada

  Dec 28, 2023