Community Housing News
Cllr Kirby-Yung’s Motion on False Creek South
March 13, 2024 This Motion, entitled the Future of Co-op Housing – A Path to Delivering More Co-op Homes in Vancouver, specified three items directly related to False Creek South. These were strengthened, however, by [...]
Mayor’s Budget Task Force
January 21, 2024 The Mayor’s Budget Task Force Report, which was taken as information by City Council, stresses the City must cut costs and find ways to increase revenues to limit overspending on infrastructure in [...]
False Creek South is in CoV’s Strategic Priorities
December 2, 2023 Vancouver’s City Council released its Strategic Priorities for housing through 2026 – and it includes “advancing towards optimizing the number of housing units on City land in False Creek South.” This strategic [...]
Municipal and Provincial Housing News
Province’s Rental Protection Fund saves below-market seniors’ housing
July 17, 2024 The Province’s Rental Protection Fund has invested $6.25 million in saving 50 affordable seniors’ rental homes, where the average rent is 45 percent below-market and where half of the residents are [...]
Feds create $1.5 billion Co-operative Housing Development Program
June 7, 2024 The federal government's new $1.5 billion Co-operative Housing Development Program, co-developed with the sector, aims to build thousands of new co-op homes by 2028. The first round of applications for co-op housing [...]
Feds create $1.5 billion Canada Rental Protection Fund
April 5, 2024 Similar to the Province of B.C.’s $500-million Rental Protection Fund, Ottawa has unveiled a national version to protect existing rental units. The national fund – called the Canada Rental Protection Fund – [...]