{"id":41104,"date":"2023-04-14T01:39:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T08:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=41104"},"modified":"2023-04-12T11:15:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T18:15:43","slug":"tikva-gets-new-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2023\/04\/14\/tikva-gets-new-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Tikva gets new building"},"content":{"rendered":"

Al and Lola Roadburg (photo from Tikva Housing)<\/em><\/p>\n

With the help of a $10 million donation from the Al Roadburg Foundation, a four-storey apartment building has been purchased that will allow Tikva Housing Society to offer more affordable housing in Vancouver\u2019s Jewish community.<\/p>\n

Situated on West 41st Avenue in the Kerrisdale neighbourhood, the 20-unit building will be home to nearly 30 individuals. Tikva currently provides housing solutions to more than 300 people, in 128 rental units in Vancouver and Richmond.\u00a0With\u00a0this recent addition and 20 new units in Burnaby to be completed by summer 2023, Tikva will expand its portfolio to 168 units in seven housing developments.\u00a0However, the need for affordable housing is enormous \u2013 there are 302 applicants on the Jewish Housing Registry waiting for affordable homes, including 65 people with disabilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis addition will be a huge step forward to providing more people with safe, secure and affordable homes,\u201d\u00a0said Anat Gogo, executive director at Tikva Housing Society.\u00a0\u201cThe building was acquired through an extraordinary and unparalleled donation of $10 million by the Al Roadburg Foundation. It is the single largest donation received by Tikva and is critical to address housing insecurity.\u201d<\/p>\n

In gratitude for the donation, Tikva has named the building the Al and Lola Roadburg Residences.<\/p>\n

\u201cSecure housing is essential for individuals and families to thrive,\u201d said Robert Matas, chair of the Al Roadburg Foundation. \u201cWe\u2019re deeply honoured to be part of a broad network of Tikva Housing Society supporters who contribute to making housing within the Jewish community more accessible for individuals and families throughout Greater Vancouver.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBy acquiring an existing apartment building, we are preserving a property that still has many years of life, rather than demolishing and building new,\u201d\u00a0added Alice Sundberg, director of housing development at Tikva. \u201cAlso, we are protecting rental affordability for the future. Al and Lola Roadburg Residences will be a long-term community asset protected from the pressures of our escalating real estate market.\u201d<\/p>\n

Al Roadburg (1913-2002) and Lola Roadburg (1922-2011) had a lifelong commitment to Israel and to Jewish organizations in Vancouver. The Al Roadburg Foundation aims to ensure their estates are used to create a legacy that benefits the community where they lived and raised their family.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Courtesy Tikva Housing<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Al and Lola Roadburg (photo from Tikva Housing) With the help of a $10 million donation from the Al Roadburg Foundation, a four-storey apartment building has been purchased that will allow Tikva Housing Society to offer more affordable housing in Vancouver\u2019s Jewish community. Situated on West 41st Avenue in the Kerrisdale neighbourhood, the 20-unit building […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1974,22255,8383,8475,2763,22256,6098],"class_list":["post-41104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-affordable-housing","tag-al-roadburg-foundation","tag-alice-sundberg","tag-anat-gogo","tag-philanthropy","tag-robert-matas","tag-tikva-housing"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}