2010 News Releases
December 22, 2010
Province Purchases Baldy Hughes Treatment Centre, Prince George
Topic: General
December 17, 2010
7th Supportive Housing Project in Vancouver Is Underway
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
December 15, 2010
New Affordable Rental Housing Opens, Victoria
Topic: General
December 09, 2010
B.C. Building Code Change is Good for the Environment
Topic: Building Codes and Safety Standards
November 26, 2010
Affordable Seniors’ Housing Underway, Richmond
Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities
November 26, 2010
Operator Selected For Valemount and Telkwa Seniors’ Housing
Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities
November 26, 2010
Operator Selected For Cranbrook and Creston Seniors’ Housing
Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities
November 26, 2010
Non-Profit Operator Selected For North Shore Housing
Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities
November 23, 2010
More Provincial Funding For Vancouver Winter Shelters
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
November 19, 2010
Extreme Weather Shelter Beds Available
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
November 15, 2010
Province to Match $25,000 Grant for Homeless Project
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
November 09, 2010
$16m Supportive Housing for Homeless Opens, Victoria
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
October 22, 2010
Supportive Housing Development Opens, Mission
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
October 22, 2010
Proponents Selected For Housing Developments
Topic: General
October 14, 2010
B.C. Supports Homelessness Action Week
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
October 13, 2010
New Building with Larger Units at Hillside Gardens, Burnaby
Topic: General
October 12, 2010
New Supportive Housing Fights Homelessness, Kelowna
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
October 6, 2010
Renovated Heritage Homes Provide New Supportive Housing, New Westminster
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
October 5, 2010
Effective Date for Plumbing Fixtures Code Extended
Topic: Building Code and Safety Standards
October 4, 2010
$945K in Affordable Housing for Taylor Seniors
Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities
October 4, 2010
$1 Million for Affordable Seniors Housing, Fort St. John
Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities
October 1, 2010
New Institute to Protect Homebuyers Across Province
Topic: Building Code and Safety Standards
September 25, 2010
Affordable Senior’s Housing Underway, Parksville
Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities
September 24, 2010
$6.2M Affordable Housing Opens, Kamloops
Topic: Aboriginal
September 23, 2010
Province Invests $2.2 Million in Seniors’ Supportive Housing, Vancouver
Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities
September 17, 2010
New Affordable Housing in Kelowna
Topic: Aboriginal
September 15, 2010
Province Invests $2.8 Million In Seniors’ Supportive Housing, Vancouver
Topic: Seniors and People with Special Needs
September 14, 2010
$12.7-Million Olympic Legacy Housing Underway in Surrey
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
September 10, 2010
$3.5-Million Supportive Housing Opens in Salmon Arm
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
September 8, 2010
Province Invests $2.5m Toward Housing Victoria Homeless
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
August 28, 2010
Affordable Housing Underway In British Columbia
Topic: Seniors and People with Special Needs
July 29, 2010
$1.4 Million Housing for Homeless Opens In Williams Lake
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
July 23, 2010
$7.9-Million Affordable Housing, Eagle's Nest Opens In Williams Lake
Topic: Aboriginal
July 21, 2010
Non-Profit Operator Selected For Houston Housing
Topic: General
July 17, 2010
Greenbrook Sustainability Project Completed, Surrey
Topic: General
June 30, 2010
$4.25 Million For Supportive Housing Options In Victoria
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
June 24, 2010
Habitat For Humanity Homes Open In Saanich
Topic: General
June 23, 2010
$10-Million Olympic Legacy Housing Project Underway, Chilliwack
Topic: General, Olympics
June 18, 2010
Affordable Housing Breaks Ground In Richmond
Topic: Affordable
June 17, 2010
$3.6-Million Housing For Homeless Opens In Penticton
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
June 16, 2010
$6.3-Million Women's Supportive Housing Opens In Cranbrook
Topic: Women
June 16, 2010
$13.3-Million Supportive Housing Investment Creates 85 Jobs, Campbell River
Topic: Women
June 15, 2010
$36.5m Supportive Housing Investment Creates 227 Jobs, Nanaimo
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
June 12, 2010
Affordable Seniors’ Housing Underway In Lumby
Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities
May 28, 2010
More Than 200 Affordable Apartments Open At Woodward’s, Vancouver
Topic: General
May 25, 2010
$225m In Housing Investments To Create 1,006 New Homes, Vancouver
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
May 21, 2010
Operator Chosen for New Shelter and Housing in Kamloops
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
May 14, 2010
$7.3-Million Supportive Housing Investment to Create 47 Jobs, Kelowna
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
May 10, 2010
Lake View Village Opens In Nelson
Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities
May 07, 2010
$8.4 Million Olympic Legacy Housing Underway In Saanich
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
May 07, 2010
Affordable Seniors’ Housing Underway In Enderby
Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities
May 07, 2010
Non-Profit Operator Selected For Mission Housing
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
May 06, 2010
B.C. Building Code Changes Enhance Water Conservation
Topic: Building Codes and Safety Standards
April 30, 2010
Safety Standards To Support Bioenergy Strategy
Topic: Building Codes and Safety Standards
April 30, 2010
Province Breaks Ground On New Seniors’ Care Lodge, Surrey
Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities
April 27, 2010
$1.5 Million for Seniors’ Supportive Housing In Burns Lake
Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities
April 23, 2010
Supportive Housing For Women And Children Opens In Surrey
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing, Women
April 16, 2010
Province To Continue Funding Heat Shelters, Vancouver
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
April 13, 2010
$4.4 Million For Transition Housing In Prince Rupert
Topic: Women
April 10, 2010
Affordable Seniors’ Housing Underway In Penticton
Topic: Seniors
April 08, 2010
$3.7m Olympic Legacy Housing Breaks Ground In Sechelt
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing, Olympics
April 6, 2010
$3.35m Seniors’ Housing Opens In Chetwynd
Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities
March 31, 2010
Province Helps Homeless People in Interior Cities
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
March 31, 2010
Province’s Homelessness Project Exceeds Target
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing, Olympics
March 26, 2010
Assisted Living Development Opens In Squamish
Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities
March 25, 2010
Smoke Alarm Rules Expanded To Protect Older Buildings
Topic: Building Codes and Safety Standards
March 03, 2010
Homeowner Protection Act Responsibilities Transferred
Topic: General
February 22, 2010
Property Purchased With Provincial Assistance, Prince George
Topic: Aboriginal
February 03, 2010
44 More Beds For Severely Mentally Ill And Addicted, (Riverview) Coquitlam
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
January 29, 2010
Call for Proposals For New Supportive Housing
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
January 27, 2010
$1.9m Supportive Housing Opens In Vernon
Topic: General
January 25, 2010
Canada, B.C. Announce New Seniors’ Housing Construction
Langley
Kelowna
Kamloops
Topic: Senior’s and People with Disabilities
January 23, 2010
New Hospice and Support Centre Opens in Delta
Topic: General
January 22, 2010
Newly Renovated Social Housing Opens in New Westminster
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
January 21, 2010
$18.5-Million Supportive Housing Breaks Ground in Vancouver
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
January 19, 2010
Province Purchases Rendezvous Hotel for $853,000, Kamloops
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
January 19, 2010
Local Group Selected To Operate Jamboree Motel Site, Williams Lake
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing
January 15, 2010
$150,000 in New Funding For Our Place, Victoria
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing, Women
January 15, 2010
$3-Million Housing for Homeless Opens In Saanich
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing, Women
January 15, 2010
$28-Million Supportive Housing Underway In Downtown Eastside, Vancouver
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing, Women
January 13, 2010
32 New Shelter Beds Open For Homeless Youth, Vancouver
Topic: Homelessness and Supportive Housing, Women
January 13, 2010
Affordable Housing For Kamloops
Topic: General
January 11, 2010
Province Funds Assisted Living Units For Abbotsford Seniors
Topic: Seniors and People with Disabilities