The News & Events page on the Squamish Community Hosing Society website highlights recent and significant happenings.
Squamish, B.C.: Squamish Community Housing Society (Housing Squamish), in partnership with Polygon Homes, the District of Squamish, and BC Housing, is pleased to announce that applications to rent eight new homes are now open. “Housing Squamish is thrilled to manage eight new homes in the Highline community at Garibaldi Springs. These homes will provide families who live, work and recreate…
The Squamish Community Housing Society (‘Housing Squamish’) is looking for community members to join our board. Housing Squamish is in an exciting start-up phase, and looking for individuals who are interested in rolling up their sleeves and getting to work on setting up a new society for success and delivering housing in the community. Current board vacancies are for: Previous…
British Columbia’s Rental Protection Fund aims to address one of our most pressing challenges of losing existing affordable rental homes to an escalating housing market. Earlier this year, the provincial government announced that B.C.’s non-profit community housing organizations will manage a new $500-million fund to help deliver safe, affordable, and culturally supportive housing for individuals and families across the province.…
One of Housing Squamish’s core mandates is to coordinate and improve affordable housing delivery and access in Squamish. We’ve heard from existing housing providers in Squamish that there is a need for a single point of access for community members who are looking for housing and who are interested in and eligible for an affordable rental unit managed by a…
With the extent of today’s housing challenges, everyone has a housing story. With that in mind, we regularly meet with members of our community to be better aware of their challenges, share information and ideas and find new ways to collaborate. Last month, we presented at the Chamber of Commerce Business Advocacy meeting and our discussions mainly focused on local…
As winter rolls into spring, I am excited to share our second quarterly newsletter. The past few months have been buzzing with activity at Housing Squamish as we work with our local community partners, the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and all levels of government towards securing more affordable housing for our community, for now and years to come. Recognizing the…
