BC Housing lists 795 supportive housing units ‘underway in Vancouver as of the end of September
A proposal by Vancouver’s mayor to halt new supportive housing projects in the city has organizations with plans in various stages of completion worried about the projects they’ve spent years trying to get off the ground.
Julie Roberts, executive director of Community Builders, says the organization has weekly meetings that include representatives from the city about the design and construction of a 64-unit supportive housing building that was approved by council last year, but no one has said if the mayor’s plan will allow the project to go ahead.
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