Media Room

      Affordable Housing Conference Explores Solutions to Tackle Housing Challenges in the Year of Lockdowns and Beyond First-ever online event will confront the racism, inequities and barriers to... Read more

          Full report on the 2020 Homeless Count in Metro Vancouver provides new details on homelessness prior to the pandemic Data shows number of people experiencing... Read more

      For Immediate Release: Voters and Candidates Urged to Make Housing Central in Provincial Election Campaign Co-op and non-profit housing sectors outline key asks to address worsening crisis... Read more

Seniors’ homelessness continues to increase while Indigenous people remain significantly overrepresented; additionally, racial identity data collected for the first time in a regional count reveals that Black people were found... Read more

The Province, through BC Housing, and the City of Vancouver, the BC Non-Profit Housing Association and the Pembina Institute, are working together to find ways to make homes safer, more... Read more

VANCOUVER, BC (June 15, 2020) – For BC’s non-profit housing providers, the COVID-19 pandemic created tremendous challenges: keeping tenants safe and sociallydistanced; decreasing revenue; staff shortages; lack of personal protective... Read more

For Immediate Release: COVID-19 Response Initiative HousingJobMatch.ca Connects Unemployed Workers with Housing Providers Needing Additional Support Matchmaking website aims to help connect those impacted by unprecedented COVID-19 job loss ... Read more

News Release: More than 1,200 volunteers conducting the 2020 Homeless Count in Metro Vancouver VANCOUVER, BC (March 4, 2020) – The 2020 Homeless Count is taking place in communities throughout... Read more

2020 Homeless Count in Metro Vancouver Media Advisory VANCOUVER, BC (March 2, 2020) WHAT: The 2020 Homeless Count in Metro Vancouver will take place throughout the region over a 24-hour period... Read more

BC Budget: Delayed Investments Will Only Make BC’s Housing Crisis Worse Housing advocates express disappointment in 2020 provincial budget VICTORIA, BC (February 18, 2020) – The lack of new investments in... Read more