A new home for LGBTQ resource centre QMUNITY as well social housing and commercial space are slated for the corner of Davie and Burrard.
Vancouver Affordable Housing Agency (VAHA)
Affordable Passive House apartments slated for Kingsway and Windsor
Kingsway and Windsor in East Vancouver will soon see the addition of a 12-storey apartment building with 88 social housing units.
Affordable rental homes slated for River District
The City of Vancouver’s affordable housing agency is planning a 26-storey tower and a six-storey midrise in the River District.
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 […]
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 […]
City of Vancouver seeks partners to build 900 affordable rentals
The city’s affordable housing agency, VAHA, has posted several RFPs to develop approximately 900 units of new rental apartments on seven city-owned sites to help alleviate the housing crunch. The sites are located in downtown Vancouver, along Kingsway and in the River District. VAHA will lease the land to partners to build, fund and operate […]
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 […]
