Media Contacts

Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs

Media Relations
236 475-4435

BC Housing

Media Relations
media@bchousing.org

Renée LeBlanc Proctor

Office of the Minister of Housing and Infrastructure
renee.proctor@infc.gc.ca

Media Relations

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
media@cmhc-schl.gc.ca

Backgrounders

Funding for AG House
  • The federal government, through Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), provided $14.8 million through the Affordable Housing Fund (AHF) as well as $3.8 million from their Women and Children Shelter and Transitional Housing initiative under the AHF.
  • CMHC will also provide a $3.5-million one-time subsidy for the transition homes.
  • The Province, through BC Housing, provided a $5.1-million shovel-ready housing grant toward the project and will provide more than $1 million in annual operating funding for the 20-unit shelter via the Emergency Shelter Program.
  • NOW Canada contributed the land for the project valued at $736,000.