Housing

BEPPLE – Smaller lots, greater density should take priority over urban sprawl

May 5, 2021 // 2 Comments

STRONG SALES of housing in Kamloops continues, along with record housing prices. The latest year-to-date sales posted show year-to-date home sales in 2021 up 67.2 per cent [Continue]

BEPPLE – Housing demand – City should pay people to subdivide their lots

March 24, 2021 // 5 Comments

THE KAMLOOPS REAL ESTATE MARKET is hot. Not a day goes by that I don’t I read about another house selling for $50,000 or more over asking. Or a homeowner receiving 10 [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Penticton’s feud with Eby might not bode well for Kamloops

March 22, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KAMLOOPS CITY COUNCIL is, no doubt, paying close attention to Penticton City council’s fight with Housing Minister David Eby. Unlike [Continue]

EDITORIAL – City council should stick to its guns on social housing security

March 8, 2021 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HOW MUCH CONSULTATION is needed before something is done about the security issue around supportive housing in Kamloops? A week ago, Coun. [Continue]

BEPPLE – Council’s supportive housing decision will have unintended effect

March 3, 2021 // 2 Comments

YESTERDAY, KAMLOOPS CITY COUNCIL wanted more order at the city’s supportive housing sites. And they decided that to get order, restrictions and requirements would be [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Action, not just words, needed on social housing and crime

February 24, 2021 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KUDOS TO SEVERAL CITY COUNCILLORS who are determined to wrestle the issue of social housing and associated street crime to the ground. Coun. [Continue]