Converging Crises and Silver Linings: The Housing Crisis, COVID-19 and Municipal Housing Responses
Urban Matters hosts first in webinar series in response to Covid-19 With the outbreak of the coronavirus, British Columbia’s housing crisis was thrust into the spotlight: communities scrambled to find safe ways to shelter the homeless. Tenants — many of whom already...2019 REFRAME HOUSING COMPETITION WINNER ANNOUNCED
Two years ago, we launched the Reframe Housing Competition (Reframe). The competition is designed to increase innovative affordable housing options. Cross-sectoral applicants from across Western Canada and the Territories pitch their most creative housing innovations...Jodee Ng – Urban Matters’ new Community Housing Analyst
Jodee Ng joined Urban Matters earlier this spring and is based in Surrey, BC.
REFRAME SPOTLIGHT PART II: EXPANDWELL HOMES
In part two of a spotlight series on the 2018 Reframe Housing Competition winners, we’re featuring Expandwell Home Inc.
REFRAME SPOTLIGHT PART I: NEXBUILD CONSTRUCTION
Recently, Urban Matters’ Social Venture Developer Jerome Lengkeek visited the Reframe winners in person. His first stop was Kamloops, BC.
Reframe Housing Competition Brings Innovation to the Housing Conversation
Everywhere you look nowadays, people are having a conversation about housing: How do we ensure equitable housing for everyone? What does the solution or solutions look like? Perhaps not part of the conversation, however, is how to share the success stories that are...Nobody Left Behind
How the City of Grand Forks is turning a one-in-200-year flooding event into an opportunity for long-term housing solutions for their community. In early May, many residents of the City of Grand Forks and neighbouring areas of the Regional District of...Lee Prevost – New Affordable Housing Development Lead
No – that’s not a typo in Lee’s job title. This is Lee’s big dream – that we drop the ‘affordable’ term and value all types of housing as important elements of healthy and inclusive communities. He wants housing developments to focus on cutting edge...
Case Study: Richmond Homelessness Strategy
Homelessness in Richmond is often not a topic that catches much public attention, especially with the far more visible homelessness challenges in neighbouring Vancouver. But homelessness is an issue for the City of Richmond too, with 70 individuals identified in the...Budget 2018 – Our Response to the BC Government’s 30 Point Plan for Affordable Housing
The BC Provincial Government recently released the 2018 Budget and announced a robust commitment to make life more affordable for British Columbians. We asked Matt Thomson, Urban Matters’ Community Housing Lead for his thoughts on the B.C. Government’s 30-Point...Startup Weekend Okanagan – Bring Your Ideas for Affordable Housing
Join us at Techstars Startup Weekend Okanagan, March 9-11, 2018, pitch your idea for affordable housing and win an incubation package!