Surrey – The Province of British Columbia and the City of Surrey have partnered to respond to an urgent need for housing assistance in the community. As of June 19, approximately 160 individuals experiencing homelessness will be offered housing, as…
Chilliwack – The Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce & The Downtown Chilliwack BIA have partnered together to bring you this Housing & Homeless Information Session. This event will have information about the “Housing Hub” concept as well as some relevant details…
Chilliwack – With little fanfare, although it was discussed in Council, the Chilliwack Salvation Army’s new Modular Shelter opened for business. Although final finishing touches are still on-going, the Salvation Army opened the doors of it’s brand new Modular Shelter…
Merritt/Fraser Valley/Victoria – The Province will co-ordinate homeless counts in up to 12 communities during March and April to help inform B.C.’s Homelessness Action Plan, which will focus on permanent housing and services. Homeless counts provide vital information, including the…
Maple Ridge – The Province of British Columbia has purchased land to build urgently needed temporary supportive homes for people living at the Anita Place camp and others struggling with homelessness in Maple Ridge. The purchased land on Royal Crescent…
Maple Ridge -JANUARY 24 UPDATE – BC Housing is hosting a drop-in public information session in Maple Ridge to inform residents on the plans for proposed supportive housing, affordable rental housing, and expanded mental-health and addictions support for people in…
Surrey/Maple Ridge – On Thursday, the Province announced that in conjunction with the Salvation Army, that $3.6 million was to purchase property at 11749/11761 Burnett St. for a proposed project that would include approximately 40 new supportive housing units and…
Chilliwack – Chilliwack Community Services announced that one of its key focus areas in 2018 will be youth homelessness. The Government of Canada, through the Homelessness Partnership Strategy (HPS), has provided support for $50,000 to address youth homelessness in Chilliwack….
Chilliwack — Just ashes and burnt belongings as well as the scorched wall of the Cross Connections Church off Princess and Williams. This was one of two “homeless camp” fires that crews attended to on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. Tuesday night…
Chilliwack – As the Evans/Yale homeless camp is being dissembled after five years on private property, the age old call is renewed. OK, they’re evicted, so where do they go now? Near the Evans Roundabout, around 11AM Monday morning, RCMP,…