Housing
Kamloops & District Elizabeth Fry Society operates four affordable housing buildings, each designed to offer a safe, stable, and supportive environment for individuals and families in need. These homes are more than just shelter—they are stepping stones toward security, dignity, and a brighter future.
Elizabeth Court
Located in downtown Kamloops, Elizabeth Court is a family-oriented housing complex with 46 affordable units. Offering a mix of 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom suites—including 8 that are wheelchair accessible—Elizabeth Court supports families of all sizes. Subsidized units are available to help make housing more accessible.
Hill Top Apartments
Situated on the North Shore, Hill Top Apartments provides 35 affordable units for families. With a range of 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom layouts—including 2 wheelchair accessible suites - Hill Top offers a supportive and inclusive living environment for those working toward long-term stability.
Corner House
Corner House offers 15 single-occupancy units, providing a safe and supportive space for individuals who need a place to rebuild and regain independence.
Penny's Place
Penny’s Place has 14 units. There are 4 accessible 2-bedroom and 10 3-bedroom suites. Penny's Place offers subsidized housing for women and children who have completed our Family Stepping Stones program, as well as those from the wider community. It’s a place where healing continues, and brighter futures begin.
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Welcome to Kamloops EFry
About Us
We are a non-profit, charitable organization providing programs & services to people who are or, or could be, criminalized, with an emphasis on the needs of women and youth. Kamloops & District Elizabeth Fry Society (KDEFS) provides education, advocacy, capacity building and safe, secure affordable housing within an environment of respect for each person’s right to self-determination and freedom from discrimination.
Our Vision
Kamloops & District Elizabeth Fry Society’s vision is to build just and equitable community where women, gender diverse people, and families are supported and empowered to thrive.
Our Purpose
Our purpose is to support women, gender diverse people, and families harmed by barriers to justice and equity, including criminalization, housing insecurity, and colonization.
We dismantle the systems and attitudes that marginalize and oppress members of our community.
Our Guiding Approach
We take a feminist-informed approach that shapes everything we do. This means we:
Value collaboration and collective wisdom
Recognize that equity creates a better future for everyone
Respect and uplift voices with lived experience
Respond with care to complex, diverse needs across our community
This lens allows us to be inclusive, intentional, and responsive in all aspects of our work.
Goals
- Increase shared knowledge of gaps, barriers, assets, and action steps for addressing gender equity in Kamloops.
- Work to break down silos and encourage collaboration among organizations serving cis-women, femme-identified non-binary and gender diverse people.
- Identify ways to streamline the services that focus on women and gender diverse people ensuring that we utilize a grassroots approach based in community collaboration and implementation of key services.
- Utilize an intersectional and decolonial lens to how we seek to create change.
Key Action Areas
- Advancing inclusive policies and practices.
- Encouraging more effective and equitable sharing of resources.
- Increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change.
- Supporting positive distribution of authority, voices and decision-making power.
- Addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes.
TNRD Rent Support
Rent Bank available throughout TNRD can help low-income renters
Feb 15, 2022 The Ashcroft-Cache Creek Journal
Expanding BC Rent Relief
Province-wide rent bank system being implemented with help from Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry Society
Nov 23, 2021 CFJC Today
Province-wide Support for Renters
B.C. becomes first province to provide 100% rent bank coverage
Nov 23, 2021 BC Gov News
Addressing Inequality in Kamloops
Gender inequality in Kamloops to be addressed through federal government grant
Jul 30, 2021 CFJC Today
Coffee for a Cause
Kamloops coffee roasters partner with Elizabeth Fry Society to help raise funds
May 13, 2021 CFJC Today
EFry Spotlight
Abbott Wealth Management In Focus campaign featuring Kamloops EFry
May 3, 2021 YouTube