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Housing crisis
iN VIDEO: Public safety top priority as new Kelowna homeless shelter prepares to open
One of the top concerns for Kelowna residents with the opening of a new homeless…
Unaffordable Kelowna home market has inspired these realtors to take action
Real estate sales is not just about making money. For an informal focus group in…
Couple with mental and physical health challenges living in pickup truck in Kelowna
Due to the housing and health-care crises, an Okanagan couple have been living in their pickup…
Record number of homeless people at Kelowna Rail Trail camp site
A record number of people are sleeping rough at Kelowna’s homeless camping site along the…
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…
Cost to rent one-bedroom apartment in Kelowna surges past $1,800 mark
The cost of renting a one-bedroom apartment in Kelowna jumped 5.8% in August versus July,…
Ontario homeless man and dog walking across Canada make it to Okanagan
A well-known Ontario homeless man who has written multiple books about his journey across Canada…
Kamloops resident forced to kick out terminal family member because of RV bylaw
A resident in Kamloops is angry and shaken after the City of Kamloops removed her…
Home prices dropping in Kamloops but rising in parts of the Okanagan
High interest rates have driven down housing prices across Canada including the southern Interior. Kamloops…
Kelowna edges out Kamloops for first complex care homes in B.C. Interior
Even though Kamloops seemed a shoe-in the get the first complex care housing in the…
How Okanagan, Kamloops post-secondary students (and parents) can avoid rental scams
An extremely tight rental market means people are desperate to find places to live. That’s…
Cost of building carriage houses in Kelowna may go up $20,000
Already the most expensive city in the Interior of B.C. for housing, the City of…
Hundreds of students in need of homes in Kelowna
Hundreds of students are in need of housing for this upcoming school year amid a…
HOUSING CRISIS: Penticton man stuck between homelessness and housed
There’s a level of poverty between homeless and housed, and Mike Schreiber from Penticton can't…
This is where most new housing is being built in Thompson-Okanagan
More than half of the new housing built in the Thompson-Okanagan’s five largest cities in…
Tax-free plan to replace Kamloops hotels criticized as ‘generous gift’
Kamloops city council wants to incentivize developers to replace hotels and motels throughout the city.…
Plans afoot to replace former daycare in Kelowna with apartments
Monkey’s Playhouse was one of Kelowna’s better known child care facilities until it closed in…
Rents fell in Kamloops and Kelowna in May
The cost of renting one-bedroom apartments in Kelowna and Kamloops fell in May compared to…
HOUSING CRISIS: Kind stranger rescues Kelowna couple and dog living in a car
– This story was originally published June 1, 2022. A Kelowna couple who have been…
HOUSING CRISIS: Penticton mom, daughter fighting cancer being evicted in two weeks
A single mom in Penticton is facing dire straits with nowhere to live in two…
Effort to tackle affordable housing, poverty gears up in Central Okanagan
As local governments become more involved in providing affordable housing in the Central Okanagan, a…
More than half the units in 24-storey Kamloops highrise sell in single day
More than half the units in a new downtown Kamloops condo tower were sold in…
Kelowna group seeking unique answers to solving housing crisis
No one questions the fact that the Okanagan, and particularly Kelowna, has an affordable housing…
Wrongfully evicted Kelowna tenant fights back and wins $32,000 from former landlord
– This story was originally published May 28, 2022. A former Kelowna tenant will receive…