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Surrey Homelessness & Housing Society Fund

Fund
The Surrey Homelessness & Housing Society makes a difference in the lives of people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Surrey by raising, managing and distributing the assets from the Surrey Homelessness & Housing Fund to support programs, projects and initiatives.

A Home for Hope

Story
In September 2017, a once-notorious establishment in Surrey, where sirens had rung out daily and women were profoundly exploited, underwent an incredible transformation with support from the Surrey Homelessness and Housing Society, which provided a $75,000 responsive grant for much-needed renovations.

Outside-the-box thinking results in affordable housing

News
Tuesday March 1, 2022, Territories of Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations/Vancouver B.C. The Vancity Affordable Housing Accelerator Fund is a revolving loan pool that provides nimble, flexible, low-cost financing to not-for-profits undertaking affordable housing development projects during the acquisition, pre-development, and pre-construction phases. It also offers individual and institutional social impact investors an opportunity to invest in local, community-owned affordable...

A Vision of Affordability

Story
The vision is borne out of an undeniable need. People are better off when they can afford a home where home is: where they work, go to school, where their social connections are and/or where they’ve lived their entire lives.

Research & Tools

Project
Developing practical tools and addressing key questions We initiate research projects to address specific questions and gaps that are important to our work and that of our community partners. Many result in practical tools and resources developed together with community. Our research and tool development complement and strengthen the work we do in granting, impact investing and advocacy. To learn...

2025 BC Budget Highlights

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British Columbia's 2025 Budget was delivered Tuesday morning on the same day tariffs by the United States on Canada kicked off an unprecedented and unpredictable trade war. For the third year in a row, Vancity Community Foundation was there in Victoria to help deliver you the highlights from the announcement.

Insights: What is supportive housing, who is it for, and how does it work?

News
Supportive housing as a term has been in the media a lot over the last few years, mostly as a result of neighbourhood campaigns against this type of housing and reports that link it to public safety issues. But is this fair and, more importantly, a complete picture? In this edition of Insights we take a look at what supportive housing is, who it is built for, and what its impacts are on residents and the wider community.

Insights: How much affordable housing can we build on public land?

News
Insights: How much affordable housing can we build on public land? Most cities and towns have vacant or underutilized land owned by the municipality and other levels of government. For instance, an easy walk from my home takes me past a vacant patch of land where an old firehall was demolished when a bigger one was built nearby. While previously...

Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy in Metro Vancouver

Initiative
Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy (RH) is a community-based program aimed at preventing and reducing homelessness across Canada. Reaching Home is funded by the Government of Canada and delivered by a local Community Entity. The program directives can be found at Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy Directives. To learn about the projects and their impact, please visit the Community Entity...

VCF's project was selected as a CMHC Housing Supply Challenge semi-finalist!

News
Vancity Community Foundation is excited to share that the Vancity Affordable Community Housing Program’s project “Reaching New Heights: Scaling the Vancity Affordable Housing Accelerator Program across Canada” received support and funding from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and the Housing Supply Challenge Level-Up Round!

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