From Facebook. Abbotsford Community Services (ACS) is reporting this morning that the City has suddenly changed the date of the public hearing into their joint proposal with BC Housing for…
By James Breckenridge. Attached is a copy of the LEO award which has been awarded to Mayor Banman this year by the League of Unhoused Citizens of Abbotsford. After the…
A story on the Abbotsford News website published Wednesday about last week’s ‘Everybody Wins’ public forum on the Abbotsford Community Services’ (ACS) proposed Supportive Housing Project has drawn a great…
By Mike Archer. Chilliwack Mayor Sharon Gaetz, Abbotsford Community Services (ACS) Executive Director Rod Santiago and Mayor Bruce Banman may not have been able to make it Friday evening but…
Update: Chilliwack mayor Sharon Gaetz will not be able to attend, nor will Rod Santiago of Abbotsford Community Services. ——- The University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) and the Abbotsford…
By Mike Archer. Before the Abbotsford Homeless Crisis spins out of control it has to be said that there are now three separate and distinct agendas. They have all got…
It’s time to call your elected officials and ask: “When are you going to move the ACS Rezoning Application forward to Public Hearing for the proposed Supportive Housing Project at…
By Mike Archer. In many ways it was painful to watch. I arrived late to the Abbotsford Community Services (ACS) open house at the Sally Ann’s Cascade Church Wednesday night…
Dear Mayor and Councillors. On behalf of Mennonite Central Committee, British Columbia (MCC BC) I am writing in support of the proposal by Abbotsford Community Services (ACS) to build and…
By Mike Archer. Having stated their support for the Housing First philosophy as a means of dealing with the issue of homelessness (just not where the homeless live) and stood…