Project directory & map
Use this directory to learn more about the housing projects that have been built or are underway that have been supported to date by the Vancity Affordable Community Housing program. You can find descriptions, photos and more by browsing geographically on the map and searching by keywords.
Gorge View Society
In response to growing housing need and an aging building stock, Gorge View Society initiated a multi-phase redevelopment of its 5.5-acre p […]
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11 chown place, Victoria, British Columbia
The Bloom Group
This project provides new affordable rental housing in one of Vancouver’s densest and desirable neighbourhoods. In 2018, a heritage buildi […]
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1111 Broughton St, Vancouver, British Columbia
Hamilton East Kiwanis Non Profit Homes
Hamilton East Kiwanis Non Profit Homes owns eighty-five existing townhouses at 1540 Wentworth St in Hamilton. In order to address additiona […]
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1540 Upper Wentworth St, Hamilton, Ontario
Anhart Community Housing Society
Anhart originally conceived of this project on a fifty-foot wide empty lot near Main and Cordova that it had purchased. The plan was for a […]
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68
162 Main St, Vancouver, British Columbia
Aunt Leah’s Properties
A significant number of young adults, disproportionately Indigenous, are aging out of foster care in the Lower Mainland. Many young mothers […]
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1927 Marine Way, New Westminster, British Columbia
Brightside Community Homes Foundation
Brightside is redeveloping an aging, 21-unit apartment building to provide significantly more affordable homes to the community. Brightside […]
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2085 W 5th Ave, Vancouver, British Columbia
Three Point Housing Society
Lakewood Multicultural United Church, built in 1964, will be redeveloped into a six-storey mixed-used building with a new replacement churc […]
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2776 Semlin Dr, Vancouver, British Columbia
Greater Victoria Housing Society
Pacific Centre Family Services Association subdivided their new property to create a lot for the Greater Victoria Housing Society to build […]
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330 Goldstream Ave, Colwood, British Columbia
Community Living Society
The City of New Westminster issued a request for proposals seeking innovative housing developments on two City-owned sites. The site at 43 […]
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43 Hastings Street, New Westminster, British Columbia
Atira Development Society
Located just north of Oppenheimer Park in Vancouver, this tower development will provide affordable housing for single women and women-led […]
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450 Alexander St, Vancouver, British Columbia
Cheam View United Church
The Chilliwack United Church, built in 1954, is the site of a new affordable housing development that is a partnership between Cheam View U […]
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45835 Spadina Ave, Chilliwack
Union Co-operative
Union Co-operative is a new community land trust in the Waterloo region with a mandate to purchase properties to maintain affordability thr […]
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475-477 Lancaster St West, Kitchener, Ontario
Soroptimist International of Vancouver
Soroptimist International Vancouver is a group of professional women that has been working to support women with low incomes to achieve fin […]
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546 W. 13th Ave, Vancouver, British Columbia
Unity of Vancouver
Unity is a non-denominational movement that seeks to build personal and spiritual well-being through universal spiritual teachings. Unity o […]
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5840 Oak St, Vancouver, BC
John Howard Society of Victoria
John Howard Society of Victoria (JHSVIC) is building a six-storey, mixed-use complex to provide residential units for persons leaving incar […]
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736 Princess Ave, Victoria, British Columbia
Greater Victoria Housing Society
Colwood Lodge is a 40-year-old, 50-unit affordable rental building for 55+ and person with disabilities. The current building has been in o […]
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85 Belmont Road, Colwood, British Columbia
Propolis Cooperative Housing Society
Propolis Housing Cooperative is a new non-profit housing co-operative founded in 2020 in Kamloops to develop affordable, sustainable, and n […]
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969 St. Paul Street, Kamloops, British Columbia
Catalyst Community Developments Society
The First Church of the Nazarene, Vancouver is an intergenerational, intercultural Christian church located in the Cedar Cottage neighbourh […]
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998 East 19th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia
Catalyst Community Developments Society
Alder is a five-storey building that is centrally located in the rapidly growing River District with a variety of shops and services. The p […]
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3625 Sawmill Crescent, Vancouver, British Columbia
Catalyst Community Developments Society
Located at East 6th Avenue and Main Street in Vancouver, Aspen offers residents convenient access to parks, transit, shops, and neighbourho […]
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188 East 6th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia
Aunt Leah’s Properties
For more than 30 years, Aunt Leah’s House has provided a safe and supportive home for young mothers and their children, helping prevent hom […]
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4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, British Columbia
Community Land Trust
The Ben & Esther Dayson residences are operated by Tivka Housing Society and is made up of townhouses and two- and three-bedroom+ units […]
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2777 E. Kent Ave. N, Vancouver, British Columbia
Lookout Housing and Health Society
The project transformed a vacant parking lot at 545 Cordova Street into a six-storey building containing 20 studio homes on a narrow 25-foo […]
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545 East Cordova St, Vancouver, British Columbia
Brightside Community Homes Foundation
This acquisition brings a privately owned, 55- suite multi-family apartment building in Burnaby’s Edmonds town centre into the community-ho […]
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7268 Balmoral St, Burnaby, British Columbia
Sea to Sky Community Services Society
Centrepoint is a mixed-use affordable housing development in downtown Squamish that provides 32 affordable homes and a centralized service […]
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38024 4th Ave, Squamish, British Columbia
Aboriginal Land Trust
Ch’ich’iyúy Elxwíknis is a mixed-use affordable housing development offering studio, one-, and two-bedroom homes for Indigenous Elders, fam […]
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405 Jackson Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia
UNITI
UNITI is the partnership of three affiliated non-profit organizations: Semiahmoo House, Peninsula Estates Housing Society, and the Semiahmo […]
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15306 24th Ave, Surrey, British Columbia
Salsbury Community Society
Salsbury Community Society developed Co:Here on a parking lot owned by Grandview Calvary Baptist Church located on 1st Avenue East and Vict […]
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1723 Victoria Dr, Vancouver, British Columbia
Greater Victoria Housing Society
Dahli Place was developed to meet the housing needs of low- to moderate- income residents in the Greater Victoria Area. The building is loc […]
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35 Gorge Road East, Victoria, British Columbia
Catalyst Community Developments Society
The congregation of Shepard of the Valley Lutheran church sought to develop affordable housing on its land to support local seniors and fam […]
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20067 72 Ave, Langley, British Columbia
Evangel Family Rental Housing Society
Evangel Family Manor opened in 1987 with 64 affordable homes suited to people of all ages. In order to provide additional affordable housin […]
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969 Harvey Ave, Kelowna, British Columbia
Lu’ma Native Housing Society
First United partnered with Lu’ma Native Housing Society to redevelop their 1965-built church at the corner of Gore and Hastings. First Uni […]
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320 East Hastings St, Vancouver, British Columbia
Greater Victoria Housing Society
Forest Heights provides affordable, non-profit housing in the heart of Quadra Village. The building has been in operation well past its eff […]
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2558 Quadra St, Victoria, British Columbia
Community Land Trust
Located in a waterfront neighbourhood along the Fraser River in Vancouver, this project was developed to provide affordable housing for mod […]
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2910 E Kent Ave, Vancouver, British Columbia
Community Land Trust
Fraserview Towers Co-op consists of two 12-storey concrete-framed residential buildings, located in Vancouver’s River District along the Fr […]
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2780 SE Marine Dr, Vancouver, British Columbia
PICS Society
PICS Society is developing Guru Nanak Diversity Village to provide care for South Asian seniors. It is named after Guru Nanak, a highly res […]
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6471 175A St, Surrey, British Columbia
Catalyst Community Developments Society
The congregation of Oakridge Lutheran Church partnered with Catalyst, a non-profit developer, to build a six-story building that provides r […]
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5688 Ash St, Vancouver, British Columbia
UNITI
UNITI is a partnership between Semiahmoo House Society, Peninsula Estates Housing Society, and The Semiahmoo Foundation. This project provi […]
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15145 20 Ave, Surrey, British Columbia
Bowen Island Resilient Community Housing (BIRCH)
Bowen Island is a municipality located in Howe Sound across from Horseshoe Bay. In 2005, the municipality purchased land from the Metro Van […]
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1033 Miller Road, Bowen Island, British Columbia
Hoy Creek Housing Coop
The Hoy Creek Housing Co-operative was originally built in 1981. Forty years later, the townhomes became uninhabitable and were demolishe […]
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2905 Glen Dr, Coquitlam, British Columbia
Aboriginal Land Trust
This project transforms the existing Shaldon Hotel into a new social housing building for Indigenous families with lower incomes and suppor […]
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52 East Hastings Street Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia
Entre Nous Femmes Housing Society
To address Surrey’s shortage of family-sized affordable rental housing, Entre Nous Femmes Housing Society will redevelop its existing Jessi […]
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9883–140 St, Surrey, British Columbia
More Than a Roof Housing Society
This housing project in downtown Mission was built by Apex Western Homes and was meant to be turned over to a non‑profit housing society wi […]
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33230 2nd Ave, Mission, British Columbia
BC/Yukon Command of the Royal Canadian Legion
The Legion Veterans Village is a housing development that integrates a Legion Branch, a Centre of Clinical Excellence and a Research Founda […]
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13525 106 Ave, Surrey, British Columbia
Catalyst Community Developments Society
Dockside Green is a mixed-use community in Victoria’s inner harbour developed according to principles of sustainable community design. Madr […]
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384 Harbour Rd, Victoria, British Columbia
Mount Douglas Seniors Housing Society
Mount Douglas Court, built in the 1970s, has provided comfortable homes and a safe, caring community for lower-income independent seniors a […]
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1550 Arrow Rd, Victoria, British Columbia
Greater Victoria Housing Society
BC Housing and four non-profits housing partners are revitalizing nine acres of land in Saanich known as the Nigel Valley. The existing bui […]
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846 Nigel Ave Saanich, Saanich, British Columbia
Sunshine Coast Affordable Housing Society
The Town of Gibsons provided land to expand the supply of affordable rental housing in the community so individuals and families can contin […]
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915 O'Shea Road, Gibsons, British Columbia
Atira Development Society
This mixed income, 13-storey affordable housing development offers a total of 198 studio and one-bedroom apartments, with 52 shelter-rate u […]
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41 East Hastings St, Vancouver, BC
Gabriola Housing Society
Gabriola Island is a Gulf Island in the Strait of Georgia, 5 kilometres east of Nanaimo. In 2019, Emcon Services Inc., a local road mainten […]
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Paisley Place, Gabriola Island, British Columbia