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Salt Spring Shows Highest Per Capita Homeless in Provincial Point-In-Time Count
June 26, 2024 by
BC Housing released its 2023 Report on Homeless Counts in BC last month. Prepared by the Homelessness Services Association of British Columbia (HSABC) for BC Housing, the report summarizes the results of 27 Homeless Counts conducted by communities across British Columbia. The Point-in-Time (PiT) counts were conducted between March 1st and May 3rd, 2023 and […]
Tenants: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities
March 13, 2024 by
Simkin Legal in collaboration with Salt Spring Island Community Services presents: Tenants, Know Your Rights and Responsibilities Did you know not all renters have the same rights? Whether you rent a room, an apartment, a mobile home or a boat, your rights may be different from the person living next door. In this first edition […]
Shelter stance altered
June 1, 2022 by
HOUSING Emergency facility to remain open through March 2023 BY EMELIE PEACOCK DRIFTWOOD STAFF See more stories at Gulf Island Driftwood BC Housing has confirmed that Salt Spring’s emergency shelter will not close later this year as previously announced. In April the housing agency stated it would no longer fund the shelter, operated by Salt […]
‘Where do I go, downtown?’: Salt Spring Island residents fear being homeless after hospital purchases hotel property
November 27, 2021 by
Brendan Strain CTV News Vancouver Island Journalist Contact Updated Nov. 26, 2021 7:04 p.m. PST Published Nov. 26, 2021 5:35 p.m. PST VICTORIA – The owner of an aging hotel on Salt Spring Island, B.C. has decided to sell the property and move on. The issue with the sale is that the property is currently home […]
