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PentictonB次元官网网址檚 new recovery housing may be first of its kind in B.C.

The BC Housing will be run by Ooknakane Friendship Centre and Ask Wellness
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The BC Housing project fronting Skaha Lake Road is ready to take residents in June. The recovery based model may be the first of its kind in B.C. (Monique Tamminga Western B次元官网网址)

The new 54-unit Skaha Lake Road supportive housing in Penticton set to open this June with a focus on recovery and healing may be the first of its kind in B.C., said Bob Hughes, director of ASK Wellness Society.

Shauna Fox, executive director of the Ooknakane Friendship Centre along with Hughes, presented a brief overview to city council last week of how they envision the Snpa蕯x虒t蓹ntn will work.

The BC Housing project is named Snpa蕯x虒t蓹ntn in the Syilx language, which translates to Healing House.

This type of recovery housing doesnB次元官网网址檛 exist anywhere else, confirmed Hughes from a question about where else this model has been tried before.

If this new recovery-based housing works, it could be a model for the rest of the province, council said.

The innovation of this program is residents living there are expected to live free of non-subscribed medications and other substances, he said. This is long-term housing, unlike most treatment programs that are 30 to 90 days long.

B次元官网网址淐reating a community adhering to recovery, weB次元官网网址檒l see better results,B次元官网网址 Hughes said.

Kenneth Scott is the coordinator of Burdock House and he will be the lead on the opening of Snpa蕯x虒t蓹ntn, said Hughes.

B次元官网网址淗omelessness and addictions and issues related to this have presented tremendous challenges on communities. WeB次元官网网址檝e seen with our shelter services are in extreme demand, and supportive housing has had criticism in this community,B次元官网网址 said Hughes.

B次元官网网址淩elapse is always a possibility but falling back into the streets is something we need to intervene in. For those with an opioid dependence, they are working with Interior Health for subscribed supply including suboxone.

B次元官网网址淲e are conscious that this needs to land properly. We arenB次元官网网址檛 going to be racing to fill the building. This is a new way of delivering recovery,B次元官网网址 he added.

A minimum of 30 per cent of the beds will be allocated to Indigenous people, said Fox.

There will be 24/7 staff, Hughes promised. Residents will have access to two meals per day. Staff will include housing support workers, peer recovery support coaches, employment rehabilitation workers, a drug and alcohol counsellor and a cultural support worker.

This is not the first time a project in Penticton run by ASK Wellness has been promised with supports. The Burdock House, when it opened in 2019, also promised that its B次元官网网址渨rap-around supports will help people heal from the experience of being homeless and give them a stable foundation on which to build a better life.B次元官网网址

An audit of BC HousingB次元官网网址檚 projects in Penticton in 2022 found a shortfall of supports and necessary services for people living in Burdock House.

This is what prompted city council to get a letter of agreement with BC Housing in order to allow a permit for the two-acre site.

BC Housing is under obligation to publish a report after one year to see how Snpa蕯x虒t蓹ntn is operating, said Mayor Julius Bloomfield last week.

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Monique Tamminga

About the Author: Monique Tamminga

Monique brings 20 years of award-winning journalism experience to the role of editor at the Penticton Western B次元官网网址. Of those years, 17 were spent working as a senior reporter and acting editor with the Langley Advance Times.
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