{"id":8124,"date":"2026-04-21T09:10:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/?p=7620685"},"modified":"2026-04-21T09:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:10:30","slug":"penticton-councillor-calls-for-another-supportive-housing-audit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inhome\/news\/8124\/penticton-councillor-calls-for-another-supportive-housing-audit\/","title":{"rendered":"Penticton councillor calls for another supportive housing audit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Penticton city councillor wants another audit of the city’s supportive housing sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coun. Shannon Stewart proposed an independent audit to review five supportive housing programs in Penticton to compare to another completed four years earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That one was completed in 2022 and while it found residents of three supportive housing sites benefited from having permanent housing<\/a>, the city lacked affordable options for those residents to move into afterward, while less than half the residents surveyed saw improvements to health, addiction issues and employment access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stewart’s motion calls for an evaluation of “program delivery and overall operational effectiveness” and an examination on impacts in surrounding neighbourhoods, along with potential areas of improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s similar to efforts made by Kamloops mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson, who has long called for a similar review and was inspired by the previous audit done in Penticton. His calls, however, had long been stifled by city council until last November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Kamloops city council voted in favour a similar motion Hamer-Jackson put forward, it was changed to review BC Housing sites across the province<\/a>, rather than simply focus on Kamloops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Penticton city council will debate Coun. Stewart’s motion, April 21, but it will be up to the province to decide on whether to commission the review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s pitched as a follow-up to a 2022 audit that examined the progress of three supportive housing sites in Penticton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":426,"featured_media":7713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"guid":"","source":"","byline":"","published":"","updated":"","_infotelid":"","_prepressid":"","_multisite_post_sync":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1680,541,543],"tags":[],"region":[322,323,324,325],"class_list":["post-8124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-local","category-topnews","region-kamloops","region-kelowna","region-penticton","region-vernon"],"blocksy_meta":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inhome\/news\/8124\/penticton-councillor-calls-for-another-supportive-housing-audit\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Penticton councillor calls for another supportive housing audit","url":"http:\/\/infonews.ca\/inhome\/news\/8124\/penticton-councillor-calls-for-another-supportive-housing-audit\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/infonews.ca\/inhome\/news\/8124\/penticton-councillor-calls-for-another-supportive-housing-audit\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/inhome-hd-mediaitemid19322-5968.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/inhome-hd-mediaitemid19322-5968.jpg"},"articleSection":"Featured","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Levi Landry"}],"creator":["Levi Landry"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"iNhome","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2026-04-21T16:10:27Z","datePublished":"2026-04-21T16:10:27Z","dateModified":"2026-04-21T16:10:30Z"},"rendered":"