Funding to improve ventilation in public housing in Shuswap, other parts of B.C.

A Shuswap community is benefiting from a federal and provincial investment in public social housing retrofits.

The Village of Chase has been named one of ten recipients of funding to support ventilation improvement projects across B.C.

Through the COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, the Shuswap Illahee Lodge will receive $174,048 in federal funds and $44,512 in provincial dollars to replace a furnace and 15 window air conditioners, and for other related work at the social housing facility.

The funds provided to Chase are part of nearly $3.9 million in federal funding and over $973,000 in provincial funding to support ventilation upgrades in public social housing.