The federal and provincial governments are partnering with Kekinow Native Housing Society and the City of Surrey to build 73 new affordable rental homes for Indigenous people. The new building, named “Sohkeyah” (meaning Robin’s Nest), is the first of a two-phase redevelopment that will replace 33 existing three-bedroom townhouse units with 176 new rental homes […]
Social and co-op housing in Vancouver
Developments with social housing components and co-operative housing, supported by various levels of government in the City of Vancouver.
Upcoming open house for new detox centre at East 1st and Clark
A new addictions treatment centre and affordable housing complex on city-owned land at East 1st Avenue and Clark Drive will go to an open house June 11th. The 131,234 sq ft., eight-storey mixed-use building will include: 60-100 units of affordable rental housing 54,896 sq ft. healthcare facility providing addictions treatment programs including on-site and out-patient […]
Vancouver attempts to temper land speculation along Broadway Corridor
Only projects with 100 per cent social or supportive housing will be considered under interim rezoning policy The City of Vancouver wants to curb land speculation along the Broadway Corridor, ahead of the extension of the Millennium SkyTrain line westward to Arbutus Street — and eventually, UBC. The city is developing a new plan for […]
Temporary modular housing proposed for site of new Vancouver Art Gallery
While Vancouver waits for its new art gallery, the City of Vancouver is hoping the parking lot on Cambie Street between Dunsmuir and West Georgia can help alleviate the city’s homelessness crisis. The city has mailed out a notification card to Crosstown residents, advising that the parking lot at 688 Cambie Street is being considered […]
Union Gospel Mission to expand in Downtown Eastside with new social housing and recovery centre
The Union Gospel Mission in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is proposing a new Women and Family Recovery & Housing Centre with 63 social housing units. The seven-storey mixed-use building will replace an existing facility at the corner of East Cordova and Princess Street that currently houses 15 transitional housing units as part of the UGM’s Sanctuary […]
Olivia Skye affordable housing tower opens on East Hastings Street
A 13-storey affordable housing development on East Hastings Street, on the former site of the United We Can bottle depot, is ready to open its doors to its first residents. The building, named Olivia Skye, consists of 198 studio and junior one-bedroom suites. Fifty-two of the units rent at B.C.’s welfare shelter rate, 68 units rent […]
Vancouver’s newest housing co-op now open in Olympic Village
Vancouver’s newest housing co-op opened Monday in the Olympic Village, bringing an additional 135 units to market. The 15-storey Railyard Housing Co-op was developed by Concert Properties as part of its “The Creek” market condominium development. The co-op is targeting a mix of tenants, from singles and couples to families with children. There are 44 […]
Holborn set to begin redevelopment of Little Mountain site
Holborn Group has revealed the first phase of their Little Mountain redevelopment project, with the design for an eight-storey non-market rental building. The building, at 155 East 37th Avenue, will have 63 social housing units over ground floor commercial space. There will be two levels of underground parking accessed from the lane. Architects Stantec say […]
Modular housing for the homeless coming to Olympic Village
The City of Vancouver is planning new modular homes for the homeless at the corner of West 2nd and Ash, on a parking lot just west of the Olympic Village Canada Line station. The three-storey building will contain approximately 50 studio homes for singles, 10 per cent of which will be wheelchair accessible. The city […]
Work set to begin on affordable housing agency’s first project
The Vancouver Affordable Housing Agency or VAHA has been granted rezoning of a site at Main Street and East 6th Avenue for an affordable housing project. The project is the first of four affordable housing projects planned by VAHA around the city. “It’s great to see VAHA develop its first 145 new affordable homes on […]
Dramatically reworked proposal for 33 West Cordova in Gastown
Henriquez Partners Architects has reworked the design for a 10-storey, mixed-use development on West Cordova in Gastown, and it’s a huge improvement. The development is a partnership between Westbank and BC Housing, and will see both the Stanley and New Fountain hotel façades retained, and a 10-storey building added behind. The site is unique as […]
10-storey social housing and medical office proposed for Downtown Eastside
A revised proposal for a 10-storey social housing building at 58 West Hastings in Downtown Eastside is going before the city. The new building will contain seven floors of social housing, three floors (70,000 sq ft.) of medical office space, and retail units on West Hastings Street. The site is currently a vacant lot, most […]
Two new social housing buildings slated for Downtown Eastside
The number of social housing units on the Downtown Eastside will get a boost with two new projects on the horizon, one of which is a new building on an empty parking lot. Roddan Lodge and the Evelyne Saller Centre The six storey Roddan Lodge at 124 Dunlevy Street in Railtown — a social housing […]
Chinatown community organizers vow to stop 105 Keefer St. condos
Community activists in Chinatown and the Downtown Eastside are demanding the city reject a rezoning proposal for condos at 105 Keefer Street and 544 Columbia Street. The project by Beedie Living has redesigned four times and has faced an uphill battle getting approval from the city. In response to criticism over the number of social housing units and […]
First tall tower proposed for West End south of Davie since community plan approved
A new, 32-storey residential tower is planned for a quiet, treelined street in Vancouver’s West End. The project at 1055 Harwood Street is the first major rezoning project to be undertaken in the Burrard Corridor south of Davie Street under the new West End Community Plan, which allows taller buildings. The building is being developed […]
