Media Room

      VANCOUVER, BC (May 19, 2021) – The COVID-19 and drug poisoning health emergencies have layered new challenges on to a frontline sector already facing multiple struggles to... Read more

      But the course has changed, and new spending will be needed to address desperate need for affordable housing. VANCOUVER, BC (April 20, 2021) – Community housing sector... Read more

        VANCOUVER, BC (April 19, 2021) – Media are advised that Jill Atkey, CEO of BC Non-Profit Housing Association, and Thom Armstrong, CEO of the Co-operative Housing... Read more

      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