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How Royal Inland Hospital is weathering nursing shortages
Vacancy rates for nurses and care aids doesn’t tell the real story about staffing shortages…
Kelowna has lowest vacancy rate of any major Canadian city and that’s not a good thing
The official Canada Mortgage and Housing rental vacancy rate shows Kelowna's fell to a 0.6%…
Things are finally looking up for Kelowna renters
KELOWNA – After years of struggling to find places to live, Kelowna renters are being…
Construction of new rental apartments ease vacancy rate in Penticton
PENTICTON – The completion of two new apartment projects in Penticton may have helped ease…
Look to Vancouver, Victoria for short-term rental regulation model in Kelowna
KELOWNA – There’s well over a 1,000 short-term rental properties in Kelowna, most of them…
Little sign of progress easing Kelowna’s atrocious rental vacancy rate
KELOWNA – Four new housing agreements covering 436 purpose-built rental units in Kelowna were signed…
Rising rental costs leaves longtime Kamloops resident with no home
KAMLOOPS – A long-time Kamloops resident says the city’s competitive rental market has pushed her…
The single biggest reason behind the spike in homelessness in Vernon
VERNON – There’s no question homelessness has become much more visible on the streets of…
More grants for rental housing developers as Kelowna fights abysmal vacancy rate
KELOWNA – Its been six years since they city began offering incentives to developers to…
Central Green rental block adds badly needed density to downtown Kelowna
KELOWNA – With the city’s rental vacancy rate scrapping along at 0.2 per cent, any…
Why vacancy rate statistics don’t tell the whole story
You may have heard all kinds of facts and figures this morning about vacancy rates…
Rental suite ‘looked wonderful’ until Vernon woman realized it was too good to be true
VERNON – Hope of finally finding a nice, affordable rental suite for her daughter quickly…
Rentals in Vernon more expensive and harder to find, report suggests
VERNON - It’s a harsher market in Vernon for those looking to rent and a community outreach worker says it’s even worse than the statistics suggest. The vacancy rate of available rental units dropped to 3.4 per cent in April 2015, down from 4.1 per cent the same time last year, according to the Canada...
Good luck finding a rental unit for under $645 in Vernon
VERNON - There aren’t many places you can rent in Vernon for $645. Only one residence could be found on Craigslist and Kijiji rental ads since June 1 for $645 or under. For that price, you don’t even get to see pictures of the interior. But why $645? It’s because a report released last week...
More rentals available, but at higher cost
KAMLOOPS - A two bedroom rental will cost you an average of $14 per month more than it did a year ago though your chance of finding a rental has increased as well according to the most recent rental report from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. The spring rental report shows the provincial average declining...