CKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General responsible for Housing has capped the maximum allowable 2022 rent increase for residential units at 1.5 per cent.
Continue reading BC announces maximum rent hike for 2022CKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Campbell River’s recent homeless count lists 116 people, a 43 percent increase over the 2018 tally, but is only one aspect of the Strathcona Regional District’s rental affordability crisis.
“People who are paying 40, 50 or 60 percent of their income for a place to live, are usually a few paycheques away from joining the 116 people that we counted,” explained Sue Moen, the Salvation Army’s representative in the Campbell River & District Coalition to End Homelessness.
Continue reading Affordable rental crisis responsible for homelessness, says advocateCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Some businesses on Cortes Island have been hard hit by a staffing shortage this year, most citing lack of affordable housing for potential employees as the most common hurdle.
Continue reading A pandemic of staff shortage of Cortes IslandRainbow Ridge is not one of the six Vancouver Island projects that BC Housing is funding this season.
“We suspected that was a possibility because there were so many applications and so much need across the province. We definitely had our fingers crossed and hoped we would be accepted but, unfortunately, we were not,” said Elizabeth Anderson, President of the Cortes Community Housing Society (CHS).
Continue reading Rainbow Ridge: Preparing for the next round of fundingMidway through Cortes Island’s second Spring of the pandemic, more people are buying locally, but government restrictions and Quadra Island’s negative messaging have an impact.
Continue reading More people buying locally: restrictions and negative messaging have an impact
