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3500 rental homes to be built: BC Gov

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 28 Aug, 2023 05:18 PM

The B-C government is seeking proposals to create new affordable rental homes through its Community Housing Fund.

Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says the newest round of funding will create approximately 35-hundred homes.

Through our historic investments in housing, we are delivering safe, secure and affordable homes just like the ones here, operated by the New Chelsea Society @ncshousing. Intake for the Community Housing Fund is now open - Apply here: https://t.co/328KN3Uybx pic.twitter.com/pEeLtq2dfq
— Ravi Kahlon (@KahlonRav) August 28, 2023

Great to be joined by Councillors @MikeKlassen, @PeterMeiszner, and @LennyNanZhou at an announcement with Minister @KahlonRav moving forward with funding for new homes in Vancouver.

We know housing in our city is not attainable right now, and we need all-hands-on-deck from all… https://t.co/hUHXEQRnny
— Mayor Ken Sim (@KenSimCity) August 28, 2023

Proposals will be accepted until mid-November, with the winning applicants set to be announced early next year.

The government says it wants to build 20-thousand homes through the C-H-F program by 2032.

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