homeless housing

Inside one of the rooms at Royal Crescent supportive housing in Maple Ridge. (Special to The News)

Review of troubled supportive housing in Maple Ridge finds more mental health issues

Report makes recommendations about staff training, security, medical attention

 

WeCan Shelter Society co-founder Charlene Davis came up with the idea a few years ago to repurpose sea containers into houses for the unhoused population of the Comox Valley. (Olivier Laurin / Comox Valley Record)

VIDEO: Comox Valley non-profit builds shelters out of sea containers for the unhoused

‘We intend to carry on until we have a reason to not’: WeCan Shelter Society chairperson Charlene Davis

 

People who experience homelessness in Kelowna often sleep in doorways of businesses on the city’s main downtown street, Bernard Avenue. (David Venn - Kelowna Capital News)

Kelowna’s tent city garners national attention after Poilievre tweet

Pierre Poilievre tweeted a video of a designated homeless encampment in Kelowna

 

Then-Minister of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation Ravi Kahlon answers questions from members of the media at the legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. The British Columbia government says it will be providing 330 new homes for people living on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside by the end of June. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

B.C. to provide 330 new homes for people living in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

Homes promised by end of June

Then-Minister of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation Ravi Kahlon answers questions from members of the media at the legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. The British Columbia government says it will be providing 330 new homes for people living on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside by the end of June. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Some residents of the temporary supportive housing at the VIP Motel in Parksville, also known as Ocean Place, are concerned where they will go after the facility closes its doors March 31. Pictured is Helen Hiltunen. (Kevin Forsyth photo)

Parksville temporary housing facility residents protest upcoming closure

Compliance agreement for VIP Motel between the city and BC Housing ends March 31

Some residents of the temporary supportive housing at the VIP Motel in Parksville, also known as Ocean Place, are concerned where they will go after the facility closes its doors March 31. Pictured is Helen Hiltunen. (Kevin Forsyth photo)
BC Housing won’t be renewing the Port Alberni Shelter Society’s contract to operate Our Home on Eighth shelter. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

Shelter residents worry as BC Housing seeks new operator in Port Alberni

Select tender issued for new service provider at Our Home on Eighth

BC Housing won’t be renewing the Port Alberni Shelter Society’s contract to operate Our Home on Eighth shelter. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)
Residents at the VIP Motel temporary housing are concerned the facility will close its doors on March 31.(PQB News file photo)

Residents and staff worry as deadline to close Parksville temporary housing looms

BC Housing says it is working with community partners on a solution for VIP Motel situation

Residents at the VIP Motel temporary housing are concerned the facility will close its doors on March 31.(PQB News file photo)
Bylaw officers removing personal belongings including tents and blankets from an encampment at Stradacona Park on Feb. 4 at 7:30 a.m. (Courtesy of Trent Smith)

‘An invasion’: Victoria homeless decry city and cops confiscating tents, food

Trent Smith, who is living homeless in Victoria said bylaw officers will take belongings arbitrarily

Bylaw officers removing personal belongings including tents and blankets from an encampment at Stradacona Park on Feb. 4 at 7:30 a.m. (Courtesy of Trent Smith)
Rainbow House or by the Kwak’wala word Gukwas sa Wagalus, and is the first of its kind in the country. Photo by Ali Roddam

Vancouver Island 2SLGBTQ+ youth housing project will be the first of its kind in Canada

Gukwas sa Wagalus or Rainbow House first of its kind in Canada

  • Jan 25, 2023
Rainbow House or by the Kwak’wala word Gukwas sa Wagalus, and is the first of its kind in the country. Photo by Ali Roddam
BC Housing won’t be renewing the Port Alberni Shelter Society’s contract to operate Our Home on Eighth shelter. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

BC Housing terminates contract with Port Alberni Shelter Society over shelter

Shelter will remain open, new operator will be chosen by March, BC Housing officials say

BC Housing won’t be renewing the Port Alberni Shelter Society’s contract to operate Our Home on Eighth shelter. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)
Anawim House director Terry Edison-Brown speaks at their WE fundraiser at Laurel Point Inn. (Courtesy of Christian J. Stewart Photography)

Victoria’s Anawim House raises over $340,000 for home for at-risk women

The new residence is scheduled to be open next spring

Anawim House director Terry Edison-Brown speaks at their WE fundraiser at Laurel Point Inn. (Courtesy of Christian J. Stewart Photography)
Oceanside Community Church. (Photo via Google Maps)

Parksville pastor concerned over lack of permanent cold-weather shelter

Oceanside Community Church hosted shelter last winter from Dec. 27 to Jan. 3

Oceanside Community Church. (Photo via Google Maps)
The City of Duncan has decided to allow the Village cabin site for homeless people on Trunk Road to stay in place for another eight months. Pictured is one of the 34 sleeping cabins on site. (Citizen file)

Duncan extends Village homeless operation for 8 months

But some neighbours have issues with the homeless facility

The City of Duncan has decided to allow the Village cabin site for homeless people on Trunk Road to stay in place for another eight months. Pictured is one of the 34 sleeping cabins on site. (Citizen file)
Photo taken with permission of a woman who had a seizure, due in part to the extreme heat in Kelowna (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Kelowna’s vulnerable want to shelter from heat wave, but bylaw requires they move

Bylaw requires residents of homeless encampment to pack-up and leave each morning

Photo taken with permission of a woman who had a seizure, due in part to the extreme heat in Kelowna (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
BC Housing's new supportive housing development on Paddle Road has been completed. (Robert Barron/Citizen)

First of two supportive housing facilities opens in Cowichan Valley

Building on Paddle Road contains 52-housing units

BC Housing's new supportive housing development on Paddle Road has been completed. (Robert Barron/Citizen)
Students at Cowichan Valley Open Learning (CVOLC) are helping make tables for community gathering at ‘The Village’, Cowichan Housing Association’s newest purpose-built community of sleeping units. (Contributed by Mike Russell)

Students construct gathering spaces for Duncan unhoused

Open learning students make picnic tables for The Village sleeping cabin site

Students at Cowichan Valley Open Learning (CVOLC) are helping make tables for community gathering at ‘The Village’, Cowichan Housing Association’s newest purpose-built community of sleeping units. (Contributed by Mike Russell)
Shawn Decaire from Kwesa Place unveils the “Angel Pod” tiny home concept at the Campbell River Art Gallery. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror

Tiny home pods offer ‘emergency middle ground’ for Campbell River’s unhoused people

Walk With Me Campbell River’s goal is to provide 30 units for people by fall 2022

Shawn Decaire from Kwesa Place unveils the “Angel Pod” tiny home concept at the Campbell River Art Gallery. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror
The new “Village” cabin site for homeless people on Trunk Road, pictured during a tour of the facility on March 1, is expected to be operation by mid-March. (Robert Barron/Citizen)

2 cabin sites for homeless in Duncan to shut down at end of March

Leases run out for sites on St. Julien Street and The Mound

The new “Village” cabin site for homeless people on Trunk Road, pictured during a tour of the facility on March 1, is expected to be operation by mid-March. (Robert Barron/Citizen)
Sherry Thompson visits the PQB News/VI Daily studios. (Peter McCully photo)

PQBeat: Catching up with Sherry Thompson, president of OHEARTS

Podcast: Chat includes the need for low-income housing, cold-weather shelters and more

Sherry Thompson visits the PQB News/VI Daily studios. (Peter McCully photo)
Tent camp in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria B.C., April 2021. Campers in urban regions are often people who have refused shelter space, or have been expelled from local shelters. (Tom Fletcher/Black Press Media)

Surrey, Abbotsford, Vancouver get first centres for homeless people

Mayors called for end to ‘catch and release’ justice system

Tent camp in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria B.C., April 2021. Campers in urban regions are often people who have refused shelter space, or have been expelled from local shelters. (Tom Fletcher/Black Press Media)