S3E9 - Supporting Housing and Services for Black & Afro-Descendant Communities in BC

Show Notes

This special live podcast panel event was held in February to honour Black History Month. The episode explores the challenges Black communities face in finding safe and affordable housing in Metro Vancouver. Guest host Mary Gerges, Executive Director of Reconciliation & Equity Strategies at BC Housing, speaks with Modupe Bankole-Longe from Hogan’s Alley Society, Jean-Claude Bakundukize from Swahili Vision International, and Bruk Melles from the City of Vancouver about their work to support housing for Black communities.
Guests:
Jean-Claude Bakundukize, Co-Founder of Swahili Vision International

Modupe Bakole-Longe, Director of Research & Evaluation at Hogan’s Alley Society

Bruk Melles, Director of Homelessness Services with the City of Vancouver

Guest host Mary Gerges, Executive Director of Reconciliation & Equity Strategies at BC Housing
To learn more about Hogan’s Alley Society, visit https://www.hogansalleysociety.org/
To learn more about Swahili Vision Society, visit https://swahilivision.org/

What is Let's Talk Housing: A Podcast by BC Housing?

British Columbia is in the grips of a housing affordability crisis decades in the making. The Province has an ambitious plan to tackle the crisis through the largest investment in housing affordability in B.C.’s history. Tasked with building tens of thousands of homes in hundreds of communities is BC Housing, the agency responsible for developing, managing, and administering a wide range of subsidized housing and homelessness services across the province. BC Housing doesn’t do this alone, they work with hundreds of partners. In this podcast, you’ll hear from those tackling the crisis head on.