About Lifecycle Housing

Founded in 1994, Life Cycle Housing Society is a not-for-profit society committed to providing and advocating for affordable housing for families, singles and persons with disabilities in the City of Powell River and the wider qathet region. We pride ourselves on creating, safe neighbourhoods that foster positive interaction among our tenants and the larger community. The Society has no business operations other than its rental properties and its sources of revenue include tenant rent, some BC Housing rental subsidies, borrowing and grants. We are audited annually. 

Life Cycle is managed by a volunteer Board whose members provide direction and support to its employees in areas such as tenant interviews, project management, finances and community relations. Directors and officers are elected at an annual general meeting held in the fall. 

  • President, Pat Christie

  • Vice President, Carolyn Jackson

  • Secretary, Sharon Nash

  • Treasurer, Frances Ladret

  • Directors, Margaret Peters, Vicki Sansalone, Jan Hill and Steve Short

Property Manager Dale Lawson provides support to the board and is responsible for planning and overseeing day-to-day operations, including supervision of a small contingent of full and part-time workers. 

COMMUNITY WORK

Life Cycle’s practice is to work cooperatively and collaboratively with other community groups to achieve common objectives.  Over the years, the Society has been instrumental in:

  • Commissioning  Housing Needs & Demands studies for the community until the province appropriately assigned this important work to local governments.

  • Facilitating informal housing roundtable meetings and later on, participating in a formal housing roundtable created by the City of River.

  • Organizing and/or participating in community-based research organized by others, including planning processes that produced a Community Social Plan for the Powell Region (created by the Diversity Initiative), and the Powell River Regional Social Planning Program prepared by the City of Powell River.

  • Supporting efforts to bring a supportive housing development to the City.

We also work with many organizations, both formally and informally to promote affordable housing. These include

  • Provincial agencies such as BC Housing, which provides subsidies for one two of our rental sites and which also provides start up and feasibility funding;

  • Federal agencies such as CMHC, which has also provided funding for feasibility studies.

  • Locally, the City of Powell River and the qathet Regional District.

  • Life Cycle is a member of the First Credit Union, the Powell River Chamber of Commerce and the BC Non-Profit Housing Association.

INTERESTED IN JOINING US?

We welcome new Board members whose interests align with ours and who wish to promote affordable housing by developing or using their skills to advance this cause. Our particular interests are individuals with a wide network of contacts in the community or experience in financial or legal backgrounds, construction project management, administration, business, or social work.

Board Members’ Job Description

  • Offers knowledge and skills to advance the social housing sector in our region

  • Regularly attends Board meetings and ad hoc meetings as required.

  • Stays informed about Board matters and finances.

  • Participates actively in committee work.

  • Gets to know other members and builds a collegial working relationship that contributes to consensus.

  • Participates in the Society’s annual evaluation and planning efforts.

If you think social housing is important and you want to participate in community development, we would love to talk to you.  Please click to download and complete this Director Information Form, and email it along with a letter stating why you might want to join us to admin@lifecyclehousing.com.

Or send it via letter mail to:

Life Cycle Housing Society
32 –4949 Ontario Avenue
Powell River, BC, V8A 5T7

A board member will contact you for further discussions.