The province is continuing its stream of housing-related initiatives with a new model that partners with public groups to redevelop facilities and land for affordable housing.
In an announcement in Coquitlam Friday, Premier John Horgan announced a new HousingHub program which will bring together partnerships between local governments, Indigenous partners, non-profit and faith-based groups with BC Housing.
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The hubsa国际传媒檚 focus will be to find land and then partially fund the development of homes for people with average incomes between $50,000 and $100,000, Horgan said.
The new HousingHub model comes as part of the NDP governmentsa国际传媒檚 30-point housing affordability plan.
United Church partnership to create 400 units on 4 properties
The first partnership will be breaking ground as early as this summer, on land owned by the B.C. Conference of the United Church of Canada.
A total of 75 affordable rental homes will be built on land owned by the Como Lake United Church in Coquitlam, targeting families, seniors and individuals in need of housing in the region.
Another 325 units will be built on other properties owned by the church in Nanaimo, Richmond and Vancouver.
The province will be backing $12.4 million in funding for the four developments.
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Each development will include an affordable rental housing component, the redevelopment of the existing church facilities, offices and other programming space.
ashley.wadhwani@bpdigital.ca
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