BACKGROUNDER
2006FOR0190-001534 Dec. 19, 2006	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Minister of Forests and Range and Minister Responsible for Housing Northern Health
PIONEER LODGE

Pioneer Lodge is a one-storey, wood-framed building with two cottage-style units and surface parking. The new assisted living apartments are connected to Pioneer Place, the Fort St. James Senior Citizens Home Society’s existing seniors’ apartment building, by an exterior walkway.

 

Construction was completed in late May 2006 and the two units were occupied by residents by August 2006.

 

Partners and Funding

The capital cost of this project is $418,618.

 

• The federal government, through Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, provided a capital grant of $100,000.
• The Province, through BC Housing, will provide a housing subsidy of $20,296 over 35 years, plus a $50,000 capital grant.
• Northern Health provides approximately $6,000 in annual funding for the personal care and part of the hospitality services to tenants.
• The Fort St. James Senior Citizens Housing Society provided $20,000 in land equity and $15,100 through community donations.
• The District of Fort St. James contributed $3,100 in reductions of municipal levies.
• The remainder of the funding is provided in the form of a mortgage through BC Housing’s operating agreement.

 

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Media contact:	Cory Daubenfeld Communication Specialist BC Housing 604 439-4758 604 417-1298 (cell)	Christina Wensley CMHC 604 737-4032
	Mark Karjaluoto Northern Health 250 565-2694	Ann McCormick Fort St. James Senior Citizens Home Society 250 996-7019
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