The successful Safe Community Situation Table program is expanding to Kamloops to use a collaborative, early intervention approach to address complex social challenges by delivering faster access to services to people at high risk of harm, victimization or committing crime to survive.

Seniors in Kamloops and the surrounding area will have greater access to care closer to home with the opening of a new long-term care home with 100 new publicly funded beds.

More than 50 people experiencing homelessness in Kamloops could be moving into supportive housing with the proposed purchase of land on the city’s North Shore.

People living in Kamloops will have more housing options that meet their needs, as multiple housing and shelter projects are planned throughout the city.

Seniors and families in Kamloops will soon have access to 80 affordable rental homes as construction begins on a new development at 346 Campbell Ave.

People experiencing homelessness in Kamloops will continue to have a safe place to stay with the extension of the former Stuart Wood School temporary shelter.

Women and children leaving violence in Kamloops now have 14 additional safe places to call home, thanks to a partnership between the Province, through BC Housing, and the Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry Society (KDEFS).

As many as 75 people experiencing homelessness will continue to have a safe and warm place to stay with the extension of two temporary shelters in Kamloops, announced by the Province, through BC Housing.

The Province, through BC Housing, is helping preserve affordable rental housing in Kamloops by buying 435 Cherry Ave.