UPDATE: February 2022
Spirit Creek Apartments (formerly referred to as the Buckley Avenue Affordable Rental Housing Project)
Location: 38684 Buckley Avenue (next to the existing skateboard park, just north and west of Howe Sound Secondary School)
The Spirit Creek Apartments is a partnership between BC Housing, the District of Squamish, and Sea to Sky Community Services to deliver 76 new affordable housing units. The development of a new five-storey is geared toward low to moderate income families and individuals and includes 76 units: 12 studios, 48 one-bedroom units, and 16 two-bedroom units. Architectural, mechanical, electrical, structural, environmental and geotechnical detailed design and planning work was completed in 2020 and construction is now well underway.
Sea to Sky Community Services Society (SSCS) is the owner/operator of the building and is working with its team of professionals to move tenants into the building in Spring/Summer 2022. SSCS plans to start a waiting list in early 2022.
Please visit the Sea to Sky Community Services website for more information about the waiting list.
The building continues to include space on the ground floor for a Sea to Sky Foundry Centre, offering recreational, cultural and clinical support services to youth. A public park and playground is also being developed by the District of Squamish separate from and adjacent to the housing development. The skateboard park will remain on site in its current location.
Deep Subsidy | Rent Geared to Income | Market Rate Rental Units | |||||
Unit Type | $/unit | Number | $/unit | Number | $/unit | Number | Total Number of Units |
Studio | $375 | 3 | 30% of income | 6 | $1,050 | 3 | 12 |
1 bedroom | $375 | 10 | 30% of income | 24 | $1,400 | 14 | 48 |
2 bedroom | $570 | 4 | 30% of income | 8 | $2,150 | 2 | 16 |
Total | 17 | 38 | 21 | 76 |
Eligibility:
Deep Subsidy Income Limits (Community Housing Fund projects):
A. For residential units with less than two (2) bedrooms, a gross household income that does not exceed the maximum Old Age Security (OAS) plus Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) amount, as determined by BC Housing from time to time. For 2020, this figure is $18,825 (compared to $18,644 last year).
B. For residential units with two (2) or more bedrooms, a gross household income that does not exceed the maximum income threshold based on the income that would be required to pay 30% of income equal to the maximum shelter rate for a 3 person household, as determined by BC Housing from time to time. For 2020, this figure is $26,400 (no change from last year).
Rent Geared to Income units are subsidized by BC Housing in which the tenant(s) pay 30% of household income toward rent.
All tenants must meet the maximum allowable income as determined annually by BC Housing:
Low to Moderate Income Limits:
A. For residential units with less than two (2) bedrooms, a gross household income that does not exceed the median income for couples without children in B.C., as determined by BC Housing from time to time. For 2021, this figure is $75,730 (compared to $74,150 last year).
B. For residential units with two (2) or more bedrooms, a gross household income that does not exceed the median income for families with children in B.C., as determined by BC Housing from time to time. For 2021, this figure is $117,080 (compared to $113,040 last year).
Housing units and on site amenities:
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Darlene McNeil Jun 2, 2022, 1:20 PM (8 months ago)
I have been strugling to afford a nice place since my house fire April 9 2020? I am a senior on pensions? I have lived here for 40 years and my 2 children were born and raised here. I have applied and hope i will be considered.Thanks!
Darlene Babcock Sep 1, 2021, 6:09 PM (17 months ago)
Will the Buckley apt building be pet friendly?
Darlene McNeil Jun 12, 2022, 6:38 AM (8 months ago)
I love the look of the new Spirit housing. Would be so awesome to be in a new place. I currently live in a basement suite with 5 people and 2 dogs upstairs, so noisy!! I need to get quiet in my live as i am getting more depressed and i also am living with mould! Please consider me into Spirit, I need to be safe and happy . My car has been vandelized 4 times in the last 6 months and i live on 3rd which is like a speedway! I need to live out my life stress free. Thanks!!
Communications Sep 3, 2021, 2:00 PM (17 months ago)
Thank you, Darlene. Sea to Sky Community Services will be the operator of the building and able to answer your question. Please visit their website: http://www.sscs.ca/housing-resources-services/buckley-avenue-affordable-rental-housing-project or contact them at 604 892 5796 or community@sscs.ca.
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