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Pacific Spirit Terrace

Streetohome is partnering with the City of Vancouver and YWCA Greater Vancouver to redevelop a municipal fire hall in the Killarney/Champlain Heights neighbourhood. The building provides 31 units of family housing for single mothers and their children who are fleeing abuse, are homeless or at serious risk of homelessness.

The City of Vancouver leverages its civic assets to maximize the land use and create more affordable housing supply. A similar project, with the same partners, to build housing above the Downtown Eastside/Strathcona Library Branch is currently underway.

The safety and security of living above the fire hall, with a 24 hour, 7 day a week presence provides reassurance to this vulnerable population. The location also provides supportive housing in a neighbourhood well suited for families, with many community facilities and schools nearby.

Streetohome's contribution of $892,000 to Pacific Spirit Terrace is made possible by The 625 Powell Street Foundation, MariaMarina Foundation and R. Howard Webster Foundation.

  • Status:
    Completed

  • Opened:

    December 2019

  • Operator:

    YWCA

  • Contact:

    604-871-6336

100%
Streetohome's Funding Goal
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Reached!
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Entrance to the building

Furnished bedrooms in suite

Building rendering from side perspective

Firehall entrance and bay rendering

Building opening with then Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart

Talking shop

Developers with the construction crew

Firehall Dignitaries

Project Donors

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R. Howard Webster Foundation

“Housing is a basic human need and, once you have it, it can be transformational. You can move forward and start to build a better life”, says Penny Nardelli, Carraresi Foundation.
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MariaMarina FOundation

The MariaMarina Foundation was established in 2009 in memory of Maria Holder and her daughter Marina Brewster, the mother and sister of the Foundation’s President Christopher Holder. MariaMarina Foundation’s vision is a world in which all people can live their lives with dignity and are able to exercise their economic, social and cultural rights.
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Pacific Blue Cross

The MariaMarina Foundation was established in 2009 in memory of Maria Holder and her daughter Marina Brewster, the mother and sister of the Foundation’s President Christopher Holder. MariaMarina Foundation’s vision is a world in which all people can live their lives with dignity and are able to exercise their economic, social and cultural rights.
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