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Supportive Housing
Misinformation, fear mongering fuelling supportive housing opposition, Kelowna council hears
KELOWNA – Kelowna may be a national leader in dealing with homelessness with its Journey…
Only two ‘direct’ complaints registered against Heath House in Kelowna
KELOWNA – While social media and public meetings are full of complaints about the impact…
Kelowna searching for better ways to sell supportive housing to its citizens
KELOWNA – After struggling through five mostly fractious efforts to house the homeless in Kelowna,…
Anti-supportive housing petitioners in Kelowna vow to keep fighting
KELOWNA – More than 100 people gathered in Kelowna city council chambers yesterday to show…
Controversial Kelowna supportive housing facility will be ‘dry’
KELOWNA – The compromise on the McCurdy Road supportive housing project reached between the City…
Changes to Kelowna supportive housing project would cost big bucks and cause big delays
KELOWNA – Making significant changes to the McCurdy Road supportive housing project could be time…
UPDATE: Kelowna councillors call for special meeting for McCurdy housing project
KELOWNA – Mayor Colin Basran has called for a special Kelowna city council meeting at…
Property crime appears to have jumped around new supportive housing projects in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Crime in the neighbourhood of two recently opened supportive housing projects in Kelowna…
Kelowna supportive housing project opponents holding onto faint hope
KELOWNA – Opponents to the McCurdy Road supportive housing complex have collected thousands of signatures…
Kelowna supportive housing building, Heath House, makes moves to improve neighbourhood safety
KELOWNA – Heath House has been deemed a problem by nearby business owners who are…
Petition campaign against Kelowna supportive housing gaining steam
KELOWNA – Thousands of Kelowna residents have signed a petition addressed to the province in…
iN PHOTOS: Rutland protesters not backing down
KELOWNA – For the second straight weekend, protesters gathered in Rutland to show this displeasure…
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing: ‘I want to assure people in Rutland that we are committed to working with the community’
KELOWNA – Selina Robinson, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, wants Rutland residents to…
Kelowna protesters hope to be game-changers in fight against supportive housing
KELOWNA – Opponents to the McCurdy Road supportive housing complex don’t believe the project is…
An overflowing crowd at Kelowna supportive housing meeting
KELOWNA – It was shortly after the scheduled 5:30 p.m. start time for an open…
iN VIDEO: Conflicts over Kelowna supportive housing projects appear to be sparking vandalism
KELOWNA – Tanya Garratt took to social media after her Mini Cooper was torched earlier…
Time for supportive housing opponents to lobby the province for addiction funding, Kelowna councillor says
KELOWNA – Kelowna city councillor Loyal Wooldridge has called for the end to partisan politics…
Kelowna man starts a petition to stop new supportive housing project in Rutland
KELOWNA – A Rutland resident started a petition at Change.org to stop the latest plan…
Stop complaining about supportive housing projects in Kelowna, mayor says
KELOWNA – While Kelowna city councillors acknowledged yesterday, June 17, that there is going to…
Rutland doesn’t need more supportive housing yet, says Kelowna Lake Country MLA
KELOWNA – In an open letter to Selina Robinson, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing,…
Knights of Columbus Hall in Rutland will become Kelowna’s newest supportive housing complex
KELOWNA – A 49-unit supportive housing project to be built at 130 McCurdy Road in…
New supportive housing opens in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A new modular housing complex is opening on the North Shore in Kamloops.…
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…
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…