There was a buzz and energy in the Regent College Chapel on Wednesday, January 27 as people came together for Regent Exchange: Churches and the Housing Crisis.
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Rick Clough, CBC’s Early Edition: It’s a question constantly plaguing municipal leaders and policy makers across this city. How can we alleviate the regions housing crisis?
News 1130: An East Vancouver church is now only months away from turning sod on an ambitious housing project.
Streetohome Newsletter, Winter 2014: For Pastor Tim Dickau, the idea of his small congregation at Grandview Calvary Baptist Church taking on a $10 million project to build housing for the homeless doesn’t seem so astounding.
Paul J. Pastor, Church for Vancouver: In 1989, at 26 years of age, Tim Dickau became pastor of Grandview Calvary Baptist Church, just off Commercial Drive, on 1st Avenue in east Vancouver. The church, which had been founded in 1908, was dying.
Co:Here’s vision of an affordable and intentional housing community is nearing reality with the final 20% ($1.9 million) needed to start building this project. Together we can provide a new approach to addressing homelessness in Vancouver.
