B.C. government, Metro Vancouver break ground on affordable-housing project

The B.C. government broke ground Friday on the first phase of an affordable-housing project that will replace 86 aging housing units with 230 new rental homes to provide affordable housing for people with a mix of incomes in Vancouver’s Fairview neighbourhood.
Heather Place, which is being built at 725-799 West 14th Ave in partnership with the Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation, is the first project in the province’s commitment to build 1,700 affordable rental-housing