Advocates for tenants in BC are pleased to see that the British Columbian government has acted on a task force recommendation to slash the allowable rent increase for 2019. Since 2004 rent has risen at the rate of inflation plus an extra two per cent each year.
Residents of the tent city in Regina Park in B.C. have been ordered by the court to pack up and leave by 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 18. Housing prices in B.C. are some of the highest in Canada, and homeless people want to live in the park when housing isn't available to them.
The Indigenous Homes Innovation Challenge will be launched by the federal government this fall for First Nations communities to win $30 million toward innovative housing projects on reserve.
The British Columbia government announced a plan to create and operate 1,750 units of housing through a new Indigenous Housing Fund.
The government of British Columbia has commited to creating and operating 1,750 units of housing through the Indigenous Housing Fund. Funding will be available for projects both on- and off-reserve.
Documentation created by slakəya’nc (IR1) in regards to future land use planning.
Final report on Community planning covering all facets of governance for the Tobacco Plains Indian Band.
Sylvia McAdam, winner of the 2016 Margolese National Design for Living Prize from the University of British Columbia's School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, talks about her work to provide housing for underpriviledged Indigenous people.
The Yale First Nation has partnered with construction company Britco to replace failing on-reserve housing stock with modular "Passive Houses." The Passive House standard is the highest recognized level of energy efficiency in home-building, which will mean that the new buildings will increase th
The planned phase-out of federal housing subsidies is forcing off-reserve Indigenous housing providers to change their business models.