“I grew up in a home that relied on income assistance, and I wanted to be able to accomplish more.”

Mubra Asghar is a single mother who is proud to be creating a better life for her daughter.

Thanks to the Single Parent Employment Initiative (SPEI), a unique government employment program launched just over a year ago, hundreds of single parents throughout the province, and their children, will be having a brighter Christmas with some extra cheer this year.

Individuals and families with low-to moderate-incomes and people with disabilities are benefiting from 71 new units of affordable rental housing at Chorus Apartments, which officially opened in Surrey.