affordable housing

Yukon government launches new housing fund

Groups can apply for up to $500,000 for affordable rentals, supportive or transitional housing

Homes vs. real estate

When I was a teenager in the 1960s and looking forward to…

  • Apr 17, 2018

Hours before deadline, YG announces cash for non-profit to buy land for affordable housing

$750k allows Challenge to buy land, no word yet on funding for construction

Yukon housing minister promises announcement ‘in the coming days and weeks’

Opposition presses for details as social housing wait list balloons

Silver can’t say how much cash Whitehorse housing project will get

‘We don’t see a line item indicating how much money is being dedicated’

Yukon government can’t confirm how much it’s spending on housing project

Budget has no line item for Challenge housing project the government promised to support

Whitehorse’s housing woes are a feminist issue

The rent is too damn high. Especially when women are paid 26 per cent less than men

  • Mar 1, 2018

YG seeks to ease neighbourhood concerns over housing first project

YG will consult more once design for downtown building is complete

Extension requested for closing date on Whitehorse affordable housing complex

Challenge Disability Resource Group waiting on $7M from Yukon government before breaking ground

Blood Ties says tiny house project will ‘compliment’ Yukon government initiative

‘I’m hoping mayor and council sees this as in line with their own affordable housing plans’

Yukon’s housing wait list increase shows need for affordable housing, advocates say

Housing navigators say the increased number paints a more accurate picture of the need in Whitehorse

Wait list for Yukon subsidized housing doubles

Housing minister Frost declines to say how many units will get built this year

New River Bend housing complex opens in Whitehorse

Subsidized units are for Ta’an Kwäch’än Council members and Yukoners on social housing wait list

‘No question’ about need for more affordable housing: YAPC

Rental vacancy rate drops to under two per cent in Whitehorse

Facing Whitehorse’s red-hot housing market, Stratford Motel residents wonder where to go

‘I don’t want to wind up on the street, especially now with my age and my health. I won’t last a year’