Second intake announced for affordable rental housing initiative
By Contributor
Last spring CBT announced its partnership with the federal and provincial governments to offer the Affordable Rental Housing initiative (ARHi), which is providing $10 million over three years to support new affordable rental housing projects in communities across the Columbia Basin. (View the original news release here.)
After a successful first intake in spring 2012, the partners are now announcing the opening of the second intake. BC Housing has posted the Request for Proposals, which can be viewed here.
Mandatory information meetings will be held in several Basin locations, and a proponent wishing to submit a proposal must ensure that a representative of his or her organization attends one of these meetings. The sessions take place as follows:
MONDAY, APRIL 29
Cranbrook:2 p.m. – 4 p.m. MDT, College of the Rockies, Room 205, 2700 College Way.
TUESDAY, APRIL 30
Golden:9 a.m. – 11 a.m. MDT, Golden Civic Centre, Great Hall Room, 898 Hwy 95.
Nakusp:5 p.m. – 7 p.m. PDT, CMH K2 Rotor Lodge, Conference Room, 515 Broadway Street West.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1
Nelson:12 p.m. – 2 p.m. PDT, Selkirk College Tenth Street Campus, Room PAT 303, 820 10th Street.
Valemount:4 p.m. – 6 p.m. PDT, Videoconference, Village of Valemount Office, 735 Cranberry Lake Road.
Trail:7 p.m. – 9 p.m. PDT, Cominco Arena, McIntyre Room, 1051 Victoria Street.
All queries and information requests about the RFP are to be made in writing only to the BC Housing contact Mike Lachocki via email to purchasing@bchousing.org.
Deadline for applications is 2 p.m. on June 7, 2013.
