Lynnhaven, a new housing development, officially opened today providing 64 new affordable apartments for seniors in Abbotsford.

More Than a Roof has been selected to manage and operate a 53-unit rental housing development for low-income independent seniors and people with disabilities at the Little Mountain site in Vancouver.

A $12.5-million annual investment from the Governments of Canada and British Columbia will enhance the existing provincial Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters (SAFER) program and Rental Assistance Program (RAP).

As the Province helps the Portland Hotel Society to restructure, I feel it is important to remind British Columbians that close to 50 other agencies deliver a wide range of programs and services to some of society's poorest, most troubled individuals on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES).

Renovations are in progress to convert the former remand centre into 96 units of affordable housing for low-income individuals in Vancouver.

Seniors living on low-income are benefiting from the 33 affordable apartments funded by the governments of Canada and British Columbia at The Remy, which recently opened in central Richmond.

The Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society has been selected to build and operate up to 90 units of affordable rental housing for low to modest income families and individuals at the Central Green site in Kelowna.

An 18-unit apartment complex in Invermere was purchased and converted into affordable housing for low-income families through funding provided by the governments of Canada and British Columbia with contributions from Columbia Basin Trust.

M'akola Housing Society, a non-profit housing operator that manages more than 1,300 social housing units throughout B.C., has been selected to provide property management and administration services for a number of social housing developments in Prince Rupert.

The Society of Hope, a non-profit that has been providing quality, affordable housing to low-income residents in the Central Okanagan since 1989, has been selected to lead the redevelopment of the Pleasantvale housing community and operate the affordable housing once complete.