Transition housing announced in PG

PRINCE GEORGE – The Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity, Mitzi Dean, was in the city this week and took a moment to discuss “Building BC: Women’s Transition Fund, a $734 million investment over ten years to build 1,500 transition housing, second-stage housing and long-term housing spaces for women and children leaving violence. 

“We have a clear responsibility to help women and children in need in Prince George and around the province. Our government is working hard to make sure that help is always available,” says Dean. “These new homes in Prince George will assure women and children in violent situations that there are safe and supportive spaces they can turn to and begin the journey of rebuilding.”

A housing project for the Elizabeth Fry Society was announced back in 2017, to be located off 14th Avenue behind and beside Studio 2880.  The society will manage the day-to-day operations and will oversee the tenant selection process for the housing. Elizabeth Fry has been committed to serving women and children since 1979. Its current transition houses, Amber House and Eagle’s Nest, provide first contact, women-centred services and referrals to community resources.

It will be one of 12 such projects throughout the province.