Nearly 60 new affordable rental homes will soon be available for families and seniors in Victoria as construction begins on a new housing development in the community.

The Province, through BC Housing, is exploring opportunities to replace the aging units at the Stratford Gardens housing development in Burnaby with more new modern, affordable homes.

Construction is underway on an affordable rental housing building with 48 homes for seniors and Indigenous Elders in Port Alberni.

The Province, through BC Housing, has purchased the former Fortune Motel in Kamloops.

Construction is underway on a new affordable rental housing project that will provide 170 homes for a wide range of people with varying incomes in Sooke.

Nine affordable homes will soon be available to middle-income homebuyers, as construction has started on a new condominium project in Victoria.

BC Housing has secured the temporary use of Mount Tolmie Hospital in Saanich to ensure everyone maintains their accommodation, as the lease on Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre temporary shelter could not be extended.

Indigenous individuals and families are moving into 124 rental homes they can afford, as doors have opened on a new development in Colwood.

More than 2,600 new affordable rental homes are coming for people with moderate and low incomes in 42 communities throughout the province.