Image Credit: Shutterstock
August 12, 2016 - 1:00 PM
GRAND FORKS - The province has committed funds to replace a transition house for women fleeing abuse in the Boundary region.
The B.C. government has committed $1 million to build a new transition house in Grand Forks for women at risk, according to a media release.
The lease on the present building is set to expire in 2019. A new plot of land has already been purchased for new housing, which will provide six beds for at risk women and their children fleeing from abuse, the release states.
The Boundary Women’s Coalition plans to continue working with B.C. Housing to develop the new facility and explore an option of adding second stage or long-term supportive housing for women at risk.
To contact a reporter for this story, email Steve Arstad or call 250-488-3065 or email the editor. You can also submit photos, videos or news tips to the newsroom and be entered to win a monthly prize draw.
We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. We won't censor or delete comments unless they contain off-topic statements or links, unnecessary vulgarity, false facts, spam or obviously fake profiles. If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above.
News from © iNFOnews, 2016