Canada's most progressive housing strategy continued to mark significant achievements in 2012, providing more than 97,000 British Columbian households with access to safe, affordable or supportive housing.

A new 52-unit residential rental building was officially opened in Victoria today with affordable homes for small families with low to modest incomes.

Seniors and people with disabilities now have increased access to affordable seniors' housing with support services thanks to an accepted offer for the Lake Country Senior Housing Society to purchase four apartments in an existing condominium building in Lake Country.

Eighty-three B.C. students living in provincially subsidized housing will receive BC Housing Education Awards to help them further their education and achieve their goals.

More than 1,200 additional emergency shelter spaces have been identified in approximately 70 communities to help those in need of temporary shelter access a warm place to stay during extreme winter weather conditions.

Seniors in Revelstoke are celebrating increased access to affordable housing at Moberly Apartments and Mount Begbie Villas. The two new buildings provide 24 affordable seniors' apartments, funded by the governments of Canada and British Columbia, along with Columbia Basin Trust and other community partners.

Women in Burnaby and New Westminster in need of safe, affordable housing now have new options at the Elspeth Alley Housing for Elder Women in Burnaby.

Women who are homeless or at risk of homelessness soon will have access to 27 second-stage transitional housing apartments in Campbell River.

Seniors and people with disabilities in Telkwa are celebrating increased access to affordable housing at Telkwa House, a new building providing eight apartments of modular housing funded by the governments of Canada and British Columbia along with community partners.

Single mothers and their children in need of safe, supportive housing in the Tri-Cities have increased housing options with the official opening of Como Lake Gardens.