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In November 2021, devastating floods affected thousands of British Columbians. Five people lost their lives. Property damage was in the billions of dollars. Princeton was one of the towns particularly hard hit. Ten per cent of the town’s residents lost their homes. Seniors, living in two BC Housing buildings, were amongst Princeton’s displaced. In this episode, Princeton mayor Spencer Coyne and John McEown, Director of Regional Development at BC Housing (now Associate Vice-President, Development Strategies), join Sara to talk about how working together helped get displaced seniors and others housed. They discuss lessons learned and ways to better manage housing emergencies for future weather disasters.
Guests include:
Spencer Coyne, Mayor of Princeton, BC
John McEown, Director, Regional Development, BC Housing
For more information about Mobilizing Building Adaptation and Resilience (MBAR): bchousing.org/research-centre/library/residential-design-construction-guides/MBAR
Learn more about BC Housing: bchousing.org
In November 2021, devastating floods affected thousands of British Columbians. Five people lost their lives. Property damage was in the billions of dollars. Princeton was one of the towns particularly hard hit. Ten per cent of the town’s residents lost their homes. Seniors, living in two BC Housing buildings, were amongst Princeton’s displaced. In this episode, Princeton mayor Spencer Coyne and John McEown, Director of Regional Development at BC Housing (now Associate Vice-President, Development Strategies), join Sara to talk about how working together helped get displaced seniors and others housed. They discuss lessons learned and ways to better manage housing emergencies for future weather disasters.
Guests include:
For more information about Mobilizing Building Adaptation and Resilience (MBAR): bchousing.org/research-centre/library/residential-design-construction-guides/MBAR
Learn more about BC Housing: bchousing.org
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.