Castlegar and District Community Services Society (CDCSS) & BC Rent Bankopen new rent bank in the Kootenays Providing emergency relief and housing stability support for renters extends for one year Ktunaxa, Okanagan Syilx, Sinixt and … Read More
Greater Victoria Rent Bank secures key funding from BC Rent Bank and United Way Greater Victoria
Greater Victoria Rent Bank secures key funding from BC Rent Bank and United Way Greater VictoriaPilot project helping renters extends for one year Songhees, Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ territories: Renters in low- to- moderate income households … Read More
Impact Story – Paula
Huge hearts, helping hands Paula’s positivity and optimism is contagious. She is just finishing up a four-month gig at a big box retailer, sterilizing and cleaning shopping carts and baskets as part of COVID-19 safety … Read More
Impact Story – Luz
Help for a senior caregiverFinding available resources At 76 years old, Luz Lopez Dee can vouch for the impact that a rent bank loan can have— because those loans have kept the roof over her … Read More
Impact Story – Blair
Building bridges, community and inclusionWraparound services, like a meal, are part of the continuum in housing stability Blair Oughton has known Jane Njogu for about two years but, since the pandemic hit, she’s played a … Read More
New Housing Relief Fund and Rent Bank Launched in Greater Victoria to help renter households struggling to maintain their housing.
VICTORIA: The Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria and BC Rent Bank are launching a Rent Bank which will provide short term financial help for low-to-moderate income households at risk of losing their housing … Read More
Impact Story – Carl
A winding road to healthAnd the challenges of staying housed Carl Pendleton has a new lease on life. He’s on the other side of leukemia and a life-saving bone marrow transplant for which he had … Read More
BC Rent Bank announces five new rent banks to offer more housing stability options to renters
COAST SALISH TERRITORIES: Renters in low- to moderate-income households in Burnaby, Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Central Okanagan (including Kelowna, West Kelowna, Lake Country, Peachland), and the Nanaimo Region (Nanaimo, Parksville, Qualicum Beach and Lantzville) have … Read More
BC Rent Bank expands capacity to support low-income renters facing difficulty from COVID-19
Unceded territories of Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations/Vancouver B.C. – In response to a surge in renters struggling to meet their rent payments due to the financial impacts of COVID-19, the BC Rent Bank today … Read More
Better rental supports for people in North Vancouver
Original Article: https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2019SDPR0125-002165?fbclid=IwAR37OwUJspyZF4WOsf4skj4OFNDgyFgF-AptNlSRoQnCKInoBwqPsuQehjc People and families facing a financial emergency will have access to better supports to help pay rent and avoid eviction through Harvest Project’s new rent bank. The North Shore Rent Bank provides … Read More
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