With financial support from the Government of Canada, plumbing system renovations are complete at Burnaby’s Edmonds Place Housing Co-op, a 50-unit development for low- to moderate-income families and individuals.
The feds made a $385,900 contribution under the Reno/Retro 2016 program to the housing complex, built back in 1988.
Adam Vaughan,parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development (Housing and Urban Affairs), made the announcement at the newly renovated housing co-op on Friday, along with North Burnaby-Seymour MP Terry Beech.
The family-oriented co-op community includes 35 three-bedroom, 11 two-bedroom and four one-bedroom units and is located close to public transit, parks, elementary and secondary schools, a library and seniors centre. Over approximately five weeks, individual suites were retrofitted with new indoor plumbing to repair leaks and abate mould. In addition, renovations included a water main replacement for the housing co-op.
“We are very pleased to see the federal Reno/Retro program being used to improve the quality of life for co-op members in British Columbia,” said Thom Armstrong, executive director, Co‐operative Housing Federation of British Columbia.“
The federal government’s investment in co-ops through the National Housing Strategy is a welcome contribution to the maintenance of a safe, secure supply of permanently affordable, mixed-income housing in successful co-op communities.”
