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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