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VANCOUVER
– Provincial and community partners
are celebrating the official opening of the Tikva Housing Society’s Dany
Guincher House, which includes 11 apartments for those at risk of homelessness,
families fleeing abusive relationships, and independent disabled people.
“Dany Guincher House will provide safe and
stable housing for individuals and families facing a range of difficulties and
challenges in Vancouver,” said Carole Taylor, MLA for Vancouver-Langara. “The Province’s partnership with the society will
result in added stability and security in the
lives of the residents and will assist them in achieving their greater goal of
long-term independence.”
The
development is part of the Provincial Homelessness Initiative, which integrates
support services with housing to help people move beyond temporary shelter to
more secure housing, greater self-reliance and appropriate employment. The
development is being managed by the Tikva Housing Society and support services
are being provided by the Jewish Family Service Agency.
“Our
organization and its contributors recognized a need in this community and chose
to address it by fostering partnerships that made it possible for this opening
today,” said Rozanne Kipnes, co-chair, Tikva Housing Society. “With the
generosity of the Guincher family and many other donors, we have played an
important part in breaking the cycle of homelessness and giving hope to our
community’s most vulnerable.”
“This building is named after my brother Dany Guincher
who went out of his way to help those in distress,” explained Luis Guincher.
“It is in his spirit that we are working with our provincial and community partners,
to provide housing services to those in need.”
“The
Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver is committed to helping people and
families that are living in poverty in the Lower Mainland and is therefore
happy to participate in this project,” said federation president Garry
Zlotnick. “The Dany Guincher House will allow those people facing hardship to
find secure and affordable housing and will offer them a new beginning.”
The Province has committed to creating more than 4,000
new housing units under the Provincial Homelessness Initiative. The Province’s
budget for shelters and affordable housing is $380 million – more than three
times what it was in 2001.
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BC Housing 604 456-8845 604 374-4534 (cell) |
Housing Development Director Tikva Housing Society 604 725-1190 |
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