Your donations have been leading the way home since 2007
What 10 years of impact means to our community
Leading the Way to End Homelessness in Surrey
Surrey Homelessness & Housing Society has been working hard over the past 15 years to become an effective leader and partner in the community by raising, managing and distributing funds to support programs, projects and initiatives that build capacity and make a difference in the lives of people who are homeless or at-risk. Since 2007, SHHS has invested over $10 million in over 150 projects, supporting community partners to create homes, maintain existing housing stock and deliver programs for vulnerable individuals, including children and youth. Surrey Homelessness & Housing Society is committed to ending homelessness in Surrey. When you give to SHHS, you can be assured that your donation will have the greatest possible impact on homelessness in our community, supporting the most promising programs serving those most vulnerable.
The SHHS fund was seeded with an endowment from the City of Surrey
Grant program created in response to the growing need and lack of affordable housing in Surrey
$1M inaugural grant to Atira Women’s Resource Society to help build Maxxine Wright Centre
Ground breaking at YWCA Alder Gardens 36 new beds created for single mothers and their children
Grant to help enhance Options’ Hyland House 35 shelter beds and 20 transitional housing units
8 beds created at The Launching Pad and 8 at Elizabeth Fry
10 beds created at Realistic Success Recovery Society Trilogy Houses
40+ youth supported on their path to adult independence through the Surrey Youth Assistance Fund
40 extreme weather beds created for the winter shelter
5 units created for SOS Children’s Village and upgrades to Lookout’s Crawford Manor created 12 new units
10 Year Anniversary $1M Call for Proposals funding 8 projects that created 196 new units
$600,000 + fundraised for Options’ Bill Reid Place Memorial Shelter
$1M+ fundraised for Elizabeth Fry Society’s The Rosewood 57 units for women and their children
$600,000 granted to fund 30 projects for COVID-19 response
$290,000 granted to fund 9 projects
Impact Investment: Littles Place
A Compelling Opportunity to Help Provide Housing to Vulnerable and Homeless Women in Surrey
In 2017, Surrey Homelessness & Housing Society was pleased to provide a $75,000 responsive grant to Atira Women’s Resource Society to renovate the Motel Hollywood located at 9155 King George Boulevard. This was also the first year in which SHHS awarded an impact investment loan, and the inaugural $250,000 loan was disbursed to Atira to assist them in the purchase of the motel. As Atira already owned the two other sites adjacent to the motel, this land assembly created a re-development opportunity that could lead to even more social housing units being created in the future. Atira purchased the motel which would provide 23 units of long-term transitional and supportive housing to women who experience multiple barriers and chronic homelessness. The motel was in desperate need of renovations, and with the financial contribution from SHHS, Atira was able to leverage additional funding to support the purchase and renovations to the motel.