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Thousands of new affordable rental homes coming to Metro Vancouver

Premier says province will fund 17 projects in partnership with local non-profit housing providers
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Premier David Eby spoke to the media at a press conference in Surrey on March 19. 2024. (Screenshot)

Premier David Eby announced Tuesday (March. 19) close to 2,000 new affordable homes for renters in Metro Vancouver.

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The province will fund 17 proposed housing projects in Metro Vancouver in partnership with local non-profit housing providers, which will provide 1,954 affordable rental homes. An additional 23 housing projects throughout the rest of B.C. will also be funded.

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The announcement was made Tuesday at a press conference in Surrey at the Sohkeyah development (7567 140 St), the site of a new housing project that is expected to open in late spring 2024. This project previously received community housing funding for the second phase.

Kekinow Native Housing Society will operate the site that will be home to more than 100 Indigenous people.

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香蕉视频直播淭here is no one solution to the housing crisis,香蕉视频直播 Eby said. 香蕉视频直播淲e have to deal with this from so many different angles.香蕉视频直播

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Philip Gladue, a renter in Surrey, said housing is our foundation and how we move forward 香蕉视频直播渁s people of this province.香蕉视频直播

The struggle for housing is not limited to one group. 香蕉视频直播淓ven the pensioners are having trouble today struggling make it happen but if we continue doing the work we香蕉视频直播檙e doing now, we can make it, we could be happy in a safe place for us to raise our children or grandchildren and so forth,香蕉视频直播 Gladue said.

Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon said these homes are a part of the province香蕉视频直播檚 plan to deliver affordable housing faster.

香蕉视频直播淭hese new homes mean that more people in B.C. will benefit from affordable homes in the communities they love, where they can grow their families and age in place,香蕉视频直播 Kahlon said.

The ministry noted that Tuesday香蕉视频直播檚 announcement was part of the community housing fund香蕉视频直播檚 $3.2 billion plan to build more than 20,000 affordable rental homes by 2032. 12,500 of those homes are already open or currently being built.



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