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B.C. Housing buys fire-damaged Kamloops apartment building for $13M
B.C. Housing has purchased a North Kamloops apartment building for $13 million roughly two years…
Subsidized housing to rise behind controversial North Kamloops hotel
B.C. Housing is set to build a six-storey subsidized housing project behind the City-owned Northbridge…
Homeless clients pool small donation for Kamloops volunteers
The Loop is preparing to serve holiday meals and pouring over what donations it might…
Kelowna family wins $1.75 million Lake Life dream home
Anokha Babu and her family "struck out" on finding a home within their budget multiple…
B.C. Housing buys another Kamloops motel
B.C. Housing bought the Lamplighter Motel in Kamloops, adding to its stock of housing in…
Kamloops mayor rebuked for trying to find shelter for disabled homeless man
B.C. Housing says the mayor of Kamloops has a pattern of showing up at its…
Penticton emergency cold weather shelter closes but no guarantee it’ll reopen
During the cold snap this past weekend, a temporary 30-bed overnight shelter was set up…
Kamloops motel reopens as supportive housing with 12 fewer beds than planned
B.C. Housing has repurposed a former hotel in Kamloops as supportive housing. Canadian Mental Health…
Public fears prolific offenders, not housing projects: Minister Eby
As the province tries to investigate how best to deal with repeat offenders committing property…
Disabled Kamloops artist to burn paintings to protest high rent
Karla Pearce lives with an invisible disability and gets by with government assistance, but cost…
Considerable flood damage to B.C. Housing-owned Kamloops motel delays repairs
When B.C. Housing purchased the Fortune Motel, it budgeted for more than $500,000 in repairs,…
Supportive housing, complex care priority for Kamloops: B.C. housing minister
Supportive housing and complex care in Kamloops is a top priority for B.C.'s housing minister.…
Province to build new homeless shelter for Penticton to replace controversial one
After Penticton city council got into a fight with B.C.’s Attorney General earlier this year…
B.C. Attorney General pens letter to Kamloops assault victim
The Attorney General of B.C. penned a letter of support to the victim of an…
Sign welcoming homeless people posted at controversial Kamloops shelter site
A Kamloops resident and business owner has put up a sign promoting peace on a…
Penticton comes to terms with B.C. Housing on 54-unit housing with focus on recovery
Penticton City Council has given the thumbs up to B.C. Housing to build a recovery-focused…
Penticton councillors vent frustration with B.C. Housing
Penticton City councillors were united in their frustration with B.C. Housing on two separate items…
West Kelowna’s old food bank building to offer shelter
Before West Kelowna’s homeless population moves into a recently approved shelter near an area gravel…
Some Kamloops residents suspicious of provincial and municipal plans for Fortune Motel
Some fed up residents don’t want another social housing unit opened up on Kamloops’ North…
Sun Peaks resident on evacuation alert alarmed at lack of lodging in Kamloops
Residents of Sun Peaks are worried there is no lodging available in Kamloops in the…
B.C. Housing review of supportive housing in Penticton won’t stop city legal action
B.C. Housing is finally going ahead with a review of the impact three supportive housing…
B.C. Housing paid $2 million over assessed value for Kamloops motel
B.C. Housing paid roughly $2 million above the tax assessed value for the Fortune Motel…
Success stories take time at Kamloops’ Rosethorn, while the waitlist remains long
As some residents of the Rosethorn in Kamloops start moving on to new housing or…
Two Kelowna supportive housing units now for sale — for nearly $350,000
After 13,000 Kelowna residents signed a petition against a supportive housing complex on McCurdy Road…