Tag Archives: Housing
$5M affordable housing project coming to fruition after 10+ of hoping and waiting
NANAIMO - Those living with developmental disabilities will soon have an affordable place to call home. Ground was officially broken on an affordable housing project at 3425 Uplands Dr. on Thursday, J...
Jul 18, 2019 NACL executive director Graham Morry at the site of a new affordable housing complex for those living with various challenges. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW Staff)
Trial date set for legal dispute over Newcastle temporary housing
NANAIMO - The process for introducing roughly 80 units of temporary housing into a downtown Nanaimo neighbourhood will be examined in the courts. Newcastle area residents will be in the Supreme Court ...
Jul 08, 2019 Island Crisis Care Society and the province will be in court on Sept. 30 for a lawsuit disputing how roughly 80 units of temporary housing were introduced into the Newcastle neighbourhood. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nanaimo building permits exceed $300M so far in 2019
NANAIMO - It's been a banner year for construction in Nanaimo, exceeding what was already expected to be a significant surge. The City of Nanaimo confirmed roughly $230 million in residential construc...
Jul 08, 2019 Roughly 1,300 housing units are being built across Nanaimo, whether they be single-family, multi-family or hotel. (City of Nanaimo)
Shelter hours to expand as Nanaimo grapples with increasing homelessness crisis
NANAIMO - One year after a sizable homeless camp in downtown Nanaimo sprawled out of control, the homelessness situation in the harbour city is widening to greater levels of crisis.Nanaimo RCMP superi...
Jun 27, 2019 The Unitarian Shelter will be open one hour earlier and later to provide more assistance to those who need it the most. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Fire calls decrease at Nanaimo's temporary housing sites, serious concerns remain
NANAIMO - After a rash of false alarms, the number of fire calls at Nanaimo's contentious temporary housing sites is decreasing. Nanaimo Fire Rescue chief Karen Fry confirmed to NanaimoNewsNOW the sit...
Jun 13, 2019 Snapshots of living conditions within Nanaimo's two temporary housing sites. (Nanaimo Fire Rescue)
Lawsuit over Parksville supportive housing settled out of court
PARKSVILLE - A lengthy and unique lawsuit against the rezoning of land used for a substantial supportive housing complex in Parksville is now over. Both BC Housing and defence lawyer Mark Sagar confir...
Jun 08, 2019 The under-construction Orca Place at 222 Corfield St. South, which is expected to open shortly. (Facebook)
City of Parksville spends $500k to alter new supportive housing project
Parksville councillors are making significant changes to a nearly $7-million, 52-unit supportive housing complex only a month before it opens. The City of Parksville announced Tuesday it repaid a $492...
May 23, 2019 Orca Place on Corfield Rd. S., pictured under construction here, will have the space for a cold weather shelter but won't be able to use it. (Mara Kat/Facebook)
Another City group created to tackle homelessness in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - With many groups already working on ways to tackle the increasing issue of health and housing for Nanaimo's most vulnerable, a task force is now in place to bring about concrete action. The ...
May 15, 2019 A new task force hopes to pull the trigger on many initiatives designed to curb the homelessness crisis afflicting Nanaimo.