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Vancouver buys Best Western hotel to add to social housing rosterVancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart announced the purchase of the Best Western at 205 Kingsway for an undisclosed price on Friday.CanadaApr 17
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City of Calgary getting $34M from province for affordable housingThe $34-million operating and capital funding agreement will help 1,048 households in Calgary continue to access affordable housing.EconomyFeb 18
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Montreal protesters rally against curfew, call for stricter public health measuresProtesters rallied in Montreal on Sunday to protest the lack of affordable housing in the city and the government's "mismanagement" of the COVID-19 pandemic.CanadaFeb 7
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B.C.’s Housing Minister non-committal about independent Penticton social housing reviewPenticton mayor John Vassilaki wants the province to hit pause on plans to build a fourth supportive housing development in the city until the third-party review is complete.Jan 28
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Minister sets April target to end Vancouver’s Strathcona Park homeless campDavid Eby says BC Housing is working towards finding housing for the estimated 200 camp residents, but acknowledged a good portion of that would be "transitional" in nature.Jan 15
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Province to spend $4 million on security upgrades to Manitoba Housing propertiesManitoba is spending over $4 million on security upgrades to a dozen Manitoba Housing properties, Families Minister Rochelle Squires announced Friday.PoliticsJan 15
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Balmoral, Regent hotels now city property after Vancouver settles with ownersThe value of the settlement, which has been approved by council, is not being revealed.PoliticsDec 4, 2020
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Montreal mayor unveils reworked housing bylaw: ‘I feel like we did the right thing’At the heart of the "Bylaw for a Diverse Metropolis", as it's known, is the 20-20-20 rule, something Plante and her party have been promising since the 2017 election campaign.PoliticsNov 5, 2020
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Quebec mayors say tentative agreement on social housing a ‘victory’While the details of the agreement have yet to be revealed, the province could receive up to $1.4 billion to invest in social and affordable housing.CanadaSep 18, 2020
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Parc-Ex tenants protest to demand more social housing for their communityComité D'Action de Parc-Extension wants the city to once again use their pre-emptive right to buy the building on 7965 de L'Acadie.CanadaSep 12, 2020
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