Being at the top of the charts is usually a good thing, unless that chart is showing the child poverty rates in B.C. federal ridings. Richmond ranks third in the province at 27.6 per cent. The statistics were compiled by First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition and Campaign 2000, a national public education movement … Read more
The BC Rental Housing Coalition — comprised of the BC Non-Profit Housing Association and other local housing organizations — wants to make affordable housing a 2015 federal election issue, and you can help. The coalition has developed a toolkit that defines the three talking points (building rental housing, supporting tenants and integrating housing policy), as … Read more
Are you actively involved in your local community or know someone who is? National property management and development company Hollyburn Properties is giving away a one-year stay in one of their Vancouver one-bedroom apartments to a person who demonstrates extraordinary achievement in the area of community building. “The objective of the Free Rent Contest is to … Read more
Last year, the BC Non-Profit Housing Association and Vancity credit union joined together to create the Rental Housing Index for British Columbia, a useful resource providing detailed information on the viability of rental housing in the province. This eventually led to the development of the Canadian Rental Housing Index, which has the same purpose but with an expanded … Read more
It’s no secret that adequate and affordable housing is an ongoing issue here in Richmond, as well as other parts of the Lower Mainland. Here is Richmond PRC chairperson De Whalen’s letter to the editor she submitted to the Richmond News recently on the subject: At last, a Richmond Councillor who is prepared to be … Read more
If you are a woman who uses public transit in the Metro Vancouver Area, or know women who do, please read this callout for candidates to participate in an important research project. My name is Tahia Ahmed. I’m working with Marion Pollack from the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women and Leah Levac at … Read more
If you are unemployed, live in Richmond and looking to gain some transferrable skills to help you find and maintain employment, there are two programs being offered by Job Options BC that just might be the right fit. Here is a breakdown below: What do the Urban Older Workers and Job Options Programs offer? Up to … Read more