Housing

Parksville construction firm fined after issuing fake occupancy permits

NANAIMO - What's believed to be an unprecedented case of forgery in the mid-Island region involved a construction contractor issuing multiple fake occupancy permits for newly built homes. Don Ballard,...

Feb 20, 2024

UBCM hosts Housing Summit

PRINCE GEORGE - "Make no mistake, the current situation is dire, but I am hopeful. Things are beginning to improve and here's why. Each order of government - local, provincial and federal - has tools ...

Feb 14, 2024

BC Assembly of First Nations hosts housing summit

PRINCE GEORGE - One little word has been top of mind for everyone, government and social service agencies alike. And that word is "housing." And that is the focus of a gathering of the B.C. Assembly o...

Oct 25, 2023

Housing a big subject at UBCM

PRINCE GEORGE - Housing was a hot topic at this year's Union of BC Municipalities. And just last week, ten communities learned of their housing allocations for the next five years. For example, Abbots...

Oct 03, 2023

BC Housing building still empty, opposition questions how many more

PRINCE GEORGE - A BC Housing-owned building on Strathcona Avenue in Prince George's remains empty months after it was renovated.CKPG News was made aware of the situation by the last-standing tenant wh...

Apr 21, 2023

'It's bizarre': Recently renovated BC Housing building sits nearly empty for months

PRINCE GEORGE - For months, an apartment building in Prince George managed by BC Housing has sat nearly empty. "It's a bizarre situation I'm going through," said the building's last tenant William. "B...

Apr 06, 2023

Benefit for seniors

PRINCE GEORGE - Housing is one of the greatest expenses in a person's life and for those on a fixed income, like seniors, and others it can be a real hardship. And the federal government is coming for...

Jan 11, 2023

November housing numbers decreasing

PRINCE GEORGE - The BC Real Estate Board has released its numbers for the past November over November a year ago. For Northern BC, the number of units sold has dropped by nearly 42 percent. Remarkably...

Dec 14, 2022

New housing rules passed

PRINCE GEORGE - As its final bit of business before the Legislature adjourned for the winter break, the government passed the Housing Supply Act. It is designed to kickstart new housing construction b...

Nov 25, 2022

New supportive housing in "Urban Village"

PRINCE GEORGE - Indigenous Elders and seniors experiencing or at risk of homelessness will soon begin moving into 35 new homes with supports, part of a multiphase new rental housing development in Pri...

Greg Fry Oct 13, 2022