It’s move-in month for more than 41 low-income seniors taking up residence in new affordable one-bedroom homes at 3155 Seymour St. in Port Coquitlam.
The homes are operated by the Port Coquitlam Senior Citizens’ Housing Society that provided the land and partnered with the B.C. government for capital funding of about $6.5 million. The city also kicked in about $41,000 to help pay for the $13.2-million seniors housing complex located next to the 24-unit Dogwood Manor.
Rents in the project range from $803 to $910 a month, and it is one of several in the Fraser and Vancouver Coastal regions that will provide more than 540 new affordable rental homes for seniors, low-income families, youth and people with disabilities.
“British Columbians believe that everyone should have a safe, secure and affordable place to call their community,” said the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Selina Robinson, in a press release. “It’s our responsibility as government to work with partners to deliver the housing that people need and can afford.”
Another project that will provide 12 homes for seniors and people with disabilities is currently under construction in Coquitlam, as part of a new condo complex being built by Beedie Living.
Those units, which will rent from $375 to approximately $2,730 a month, are being supported by $1.7 million in interim construction financing by BC Housing’s Housing Hub program.
