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Great news – the federal government has announced a new funding initiative to build 3,000 new, permanent affordable housing units across the country! The Rapid Housing Initiative is part of... Read more

What’s the most important policy used in your housing organization? Can you share it with other members? Do you have an internal policy that your organization refers to every day... Read more

BCNPHA CEO Jill Atkey & CHF BC CEO Thom Armstrong, Daily Hive Vancouver (October 22) Today’s housing and homelessness crisis has been building up for decades, but it took a lightning-quick virus to shatter the tenuous... Read more

Christopher Cheung, The Tyee, October 20 (with quotes from BCNPHA CEO Jill Atkey) After 16 years of BC Liberal reign ended in 2017, all eyes were on the NDP minority government’s efforts... Read more

The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn, October 19 (interview with BCNPHA CEO Jill Atkey) BC Non-Profit Housing Association CEO Jill Atkey and Squamish Nation spokesperson Khelsilem speak with Michelle Elliot about... Read more

Nick Wells, The Canadian Press, October 10 (with interview with BCNPHA CEO Jill Atkey) VANCOUVER — A federal government fund providing financing for affordable housing projects needs to be rebuilt because... Read more

Jen St. Denis, The Tyee, October 5 (with quotes from BCNPHA CEO Jill Atkey) People who have been working on the housing file for years in British Columbia are cringing at BC... Read more

Jen St. Denis, The Tyee, October 1 (with quotes from BCNPHA CEO Jill Atkey) It’s a crisp fall morning, and cyclists are whizzing through Strathcona, a Vancouver neighbourhood of brightly-painted heritage houses... Read more

Mike Howell, Business in Vancouver, September 25 (with quotes from BCNPHA CEO Jill Atkey) No one should be without a place to stay during a pandemic, or for that matter, a Canadian... Read more