As an advocate for women who face issues with addictions, Shelly is an inspiration, because she’s walked the talk. Five years ago, she kicked her addictions with drugs and alcohol to go back to school and rebuild her life.
Mom Saved by Vancouver Rent Bank
For Christine and her daughter, an $1800 emergency loan from the Vancouver Rent Bank saved them from losing their home.
Being welcomed into Christine’s home you wouldn’t know she had been nearly homeless 10 months prior. The Marpole house she rents with her daughter Daisy, cat, birds and fish is not only where they live, but has been their family home for over eight years.
Maverick developer helps find solutions to homelessness
Eric Carlson comes from middle-class roots, but with grit, hard work, and a relentless entrepreneurial spirit, today he heads one of B.C.’s biggest property development and management companies. He loves business, the art of the deal, and the infinite power of leveraging to create something bigger than you can alone.
Rent Bank to the Rescue: Arlene’s Story
Arlene had always been an independent career woman, working her entire life to support herself and – later on – her elderly mother. She never would have expected to need the kindness of others to keep her from losing her one-bedroom apartment in Marpole.
streetohome: in Vancouver sun
Streetohome is exploring how to broker and leverage additional pathways out of homelessness in Vancouver that include employment and addiction recovery. Streetohome hosted a visited from Mimi Silbert, the leader of successful Delancey Street model that addresses individuals housing, employment, healthcare and education needs. Read Lori Culbert’s story in the Vancouver Sun and Province. Excerpt from the Vancouver Sun article: “Silbert’s trip … Read More
Giving Back with Holistic and Sustainable Solutions
If anyone knows the importance of a hand-up, it’s David (Divyesh) Gadhia, whose family fled from Uganda’s brutal regime in 1972 when he was 10. He remembers the anxiety his parents felt as immigrants trying to build a new life in a part of the world where they knew no one. He also remembers the community support available to the family to make their landing just a little bit softer.
Commitment to community giving
It was the most expensive lunch Chuck Jeannes ever had, but he was more than happy to pick-up the tab. Five million dollars to be exact. When Frank Giustra, an industry colleague on the Streetohome Board, asked Chuck to lunch, it was to explain the launch of a unique private/public partnership between Steetohome, the City of Vancouver and the province to address the issue of homelessness in the City.
Art & Life: Gary’s Story
As an artist, Gary was a great candidate for Vancouver Native Housing Society’s Skwachàys Artists’ Lodge where he spent three years until the spring of 2015. As a resident artist, he worked with the lodge’s architect to design one of Vancouver’s most beautiful residences.
Changing the status quo
Almost 70 years ago, 14 families in Vancouver banded together with their own limited funds to start the fledging financial cooperative, Vancity Credit Union. It was in response to a time when banks were refusing to lend money to buy homes in certain neighborhoods deemed too risky. They couldn’t have imagined that their upstart venture would become the largest credit union in Canada.
John McLernon inducted into Business Laureates Hall of Fame
Streetohome Board Chair John McLernon was inducted into the Business Laureates of British Columbia Hall of Fame in May 2017. The award is bestowed to individuals with outstanding business achievements, enduring contributions to the province, as well as a deep commitment to the community.
