Terra began providing development management services to Lu’ma in 1985.
This project contains 22 units: the Aboriginal Patients’ Lodge (which operates in partnership with the B.C. Women’s Hospital) occupies the main floor and units of housing for families are located on the second and third floors. The Patients’ Lodge provides a culturally sensitive, supportive home away from home for Aboriginal people and their families who travel to Vancouver for medical treatment. It offers support services including day care, transportation, housekeeping facilities, computers and a common room.
The project won a 2006 CMHC Housing Award for Best Practices in Affordable Housing and was acknowledged as a Good Practice by the UN-Habitat Technical Advisory Committee.