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Housing
Mayor Colin Basran sees housing as one of Kelowna’s biggest challenges
KELOWNA – In his annual State of the City address to Kelowna Chamber of Commerce…
Kelowna council pumps the brakes on short term rental rules
KELOWNA – After sitting through roughly five hours of public criticism, Kelowna city council is…
New Executive Director of John Howard Society is aiming to change the conversation on homelessness in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Dawn Himer is relatively new to Kelowna but she’s looking to make a…
Taking the mystery out of who moves into supportive housing in your city
KELOWNA – Are all of the hundreds of homeless people hanging around Interior streets and…
Mayor leads the way changing Kelowna council’s vision of future growth
KELOWNA – City council has backed off on its plans to severely limit suburban growth…
Kelowna council being asked to pick winners and losers in residential development
KELOWNA – While developers are confident city council will back off its stance on suburban…
Kelowna council wavering in its vision on how to house its next 50,000 residents
KELOWNA – City council could change its vision for Kelowna’s future yet again next week…
Kelowna looking to collect more money from new homes
KELOWNA – The cost of new homes will jump by about $3,000 if Kelowna City…
Kelowna housing project for women escaping violence benefits organization supporting them
KELOWNA – Being able to display a more public face for Kelowna Women’s Shelter is…
OK no longer good enough for Kelowna developments
KELOWNA – Two recent challenges to a builders’ drawings may not yet be a trend,…
New Kelowna supportive housing project opens as an emergency shelter closes
KELOWNA – Despite the fact that most people moving into a new housing project are…
Helping homeless people in Kelowna is about overcoming the “fear factor”
KELOWNA – To hear some people speak, it was all Kelowna City Council’s fault that…
‘Missing middle’ housing may not be missing for long
KELOWNA – Michael Holzhey believes he’s on the right track in trying to create “missing…
Inn From the Cold site in Kelowna to be redeveloped
KELOWNA – Just because Inn From the Cold emergency shelter will finally close by the…
Quarter of 100 most expensive B.C. Interior homes within few kilometres of each other
KELOWNA – The three key words in real estate are: location, location, location. That holds…
Kelowna council strikes blow against single-family housing construction
KELOWNA – Developers in Black Mountain, Wilden and Southwest Mission need to worry about building…
Get more bang for your energy-saving buck by renovating rather than building new
KELOWNA – Cities in B.C. should not bow to peer pressure by forcing the new…
Date set for public hearing on controversial Kelowna housing project
KELOWNA – A special public hearing will be held just for the controversial Agassiz supportive…
Pathways Abilities Society wants to replace bike shop with six-storey housing complex in Kelowna
KELOWNA – An affordable housing project could replace a building used to help Kelowna residents…
New affordable rental housing coming to Kamloops, Okanagan
The province has announced funding for 4,900 new affordable rental homes across the province, including…
Slowdown in housing market projected for all of B.C.
KELOWNA – A spike in provincial housing starts over the past couple of years is…
17 candidates, 17 ideas on how to make Kamloops housing more affordable
KAMLOOPS – The Oct. 20 municipal election is fast approaching and the topic of affordable…
Additional shelter beds coming to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – The B.C. government is opening additional shelter beds in Kamloops to make sure…
How much can B.C. landlords increase rent?
The maximum annual allowable rent increase will go up from 4.0 per cent to 4.5…