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Mar 2025
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Creating Connections Through Intergenera...

BC Housing
About this episode

In this episode, we explore a unique housing development in Terrace that brings different generations together under one roof. This project offers not just homes, but a space where seniors and youth can connect, share stories, and build relationships.


Designed in collaboration with youth and families, on the ground floor will be Foundry Terrace, offering integrated health and wellness services for young people ages 12 to 24 and their families

British Columbia is in the grips of a housing affordability crisis decades in the making. We need to find innovative solutions.

The Province has an ambitious plan to address the crisis through the largest investment in housing affordability in BC’s history. 

Tasked with building tens of thousands of homes in hundreds of communities is BC Housing, the province’s agency responsible for developing, managing, and administering a wide range of subsidized housing and homelessness services across the province. 

BC Housing doesn’t do this alone. To address the challenge, it’s working with hundreds of partners. In Let’s Talk Housing Season Three, you’ll get to hear from those delivering exciting affordable housing solutions.
 
Hosted by Sara Goldvine, episodes address deep-rooted societal issues:

  •  the right to affordable, accessible and culturally appropriate housing
  •  mental health challenges
  •  homelessness
  •  meeting the needs of women and children leaving violence
  •  fostering community acceptance
  •  role of the private sector
  •  Impacts of climate change on housing.

About BC Housing

BC Housing develops, manages and administers a wide range of subsidized housing options across the province. We also license residential builders, administer owner builder authorizations and carry out research and education that benefits the residential construction industry, consumers and the affordable housing sector.

We work in partnership with the private and non-profit sectors, provincial health authorities and ministries, other levels of government and community groups to develop a range of housing options.
 
 Who we serve

  •  Individuals who are homeless
  •  Individuals with disabilities
  •  Indigenous individuals and families
  •  Women and children at risk of violence
  •  Low-income seniors and families
  •  Buyers of new homes

Learn more about BC Housing here: https://www.bchousing.org/

For more news on our latest projects and developments, visit: https://news.bchousing.org/ 

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