Kelowna city staff propose new measures to protect tenants facing gentrification

Kelowna city staff propose new measures to protect tenants facing gentrification

Kelowna housing policy staff will bring forward a new set of tenant protection measures after council dismissed previous recommendations as “lacking substance.” City council has asked staff to bring forward measures to assist and protect tenants facing eviction due to redevelopment. A pr...

New Answer to Gentrification in Humboldt Park

HUMBOLDT PARK – Salsa tunes, splashes of paint on the floor, and an abundance of plants greet guests of Puerto Rican artist Cristian Roldan at his apartment on Paseo Boricua. The building where Roldan rents his unit was conceived as affordable housing for artists and envisioned as a place of collaboration and artistic synergy. The Nancy Franco Maldonado Arts building is one of the affordable housing buildings in the 26th ward explicitly designed…