Housing

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]

CHARBONNEAU – Trying to slow the exodus from Canada’s big cities

January 22, 2021 // 0 Comments

CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING Corproation (CMHC) is attempting to curb the outflow from big cities. Toronto saw a net loss of 50,375 last year as people moved to surrounding [Continue]

LETTER – Editorial on Columbia Street West used oppressive language

October 29, 2020 // 14 Comments

Re: Mel Rothenburger: Columbia Street is no place to put social housing I had the opportunity to read the article that you wrote, Columbia Street West is no place for social [Continue]

BEPPLE – City zoning needs more flexibility for smaller households

August 26, 2020 // 3 Comments

ANYONE INTERESTED in housing in Kamloops should consider reading the City of Kamloops’ Housing Needs Assessment report adopted by Kamloops City council at this week’s [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The Kamloops rental shortage is no accident

February 25, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS in Kamloops is the result of deliberate government policy starting with the Mulroney Conservatives in the 1990s. Not just Kamloops but [Continue]