Columbia Basin Trust is providing nearly $1.5 million to help build 118 new affordable housing units in in Cranbrook, Fernie, Nelson, Trail and Valemount.
Trust Supports More Affordable Housing at College of the Rockies
Twice as many College of the Rockies students can rest their heads on more affordable, on-campus beds when a new student-housing complex opens in 2020. Six new cottage-style buildings will provide spaces for 96 more students, doubling capacity at the […]
New Partnership to Improve Quality of On-Reserve Homes
Shuswap Indian Band, Tobacco Plains Indian Band, Akisq’nuk and ʔaq̓am Community are working with BC Housing on a new project to improve the quality of on-reserve homes in the East Kootenay area. Under the three-year agreement, BC Housing commits to […]
Energy Retrofits for 32 Affordable Housing Buildings
$1.6 million in Trust grants will help improve over 600 units across the Basin Thirty-two buildings in 14 communities with over 600 affordable housing units will be more energy efficient with the help of $1.6 million from Columbia Basin Trust. […]
New Seniors Housing Comes to Cranbrook
Kootenay Street Village will include units for low-income seniors thanks to $3.2-million Trust grant Columbia Basin residents have said our region needs more affordable housing, including the people in and around Cranbrook. To help make this happen, Columbia Basin […]
Nine New Affordable Rental Units Under Construction in Creston
The Province and the Trust are partnering with the Kootenay Region Association for Community Living, to build and manage nine new affordable rental units in Creston designed for low-income adults with disabilities. “This project is part of the support we are […]
Affordable Housing for Columbia Basin Residents
The Trust is working with BC Housing to build 167 new affordable housing units for people in the region struggling to find housing they can afford. “People living in the Columbia Basin, like the rest of the province, are feeling […]
