BURNABY, B.C. – Women and children leaving violence now have access to 56 new long-term, affordable homes and 37 new child care spaces with the opening of YWCA Cindy Beedie Place in Burnaby.
The four-storey building features 41 two-bedroom and 15 three-bedroom homes, each with a bathroom, kitchen and dining area. Eleven of the homes are adaptable and accessible for people with mobility and other physical-accessibility requirements, a release reads.
The building includes an attached child care centre, partially funded by Cindy Beedie, a philanthropist, and an anonymous donor as well as additional funding through ChildCareBC’s New Spaces Fund.
The YWCA Metro Vancouver will operate the housing and child care facility.
The building includes an amenity room, a communal kitchen, a residential courtyard and a children’s play area.
The project is a partnership between the Province, through BC Housing; the City of Burnaby; YWCA Metro Vancouver; and Cindy Beedie.
The province is providing approximately $40 million through the Women’s Transition Housing Fund for the project and more than $4 million through the ChildCareBC New Spaces Fund to create the child care spaces.
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