Housing
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Housing Needs Assessments – Sharpening your focus on where to start
A better understanding of your community’s housing needs guides more effective municipal policy and partnerships for housing creation. Full stop. As the provincial and federal …
New housing resources from WCS
Many communities wonder about the benefits and administrative requirements of setting up a municipal housing organization. They also have questions about coming legislation requiring all …
Gentle Density – What, Why and How?
WCS Engagement + Planning has been working with Small Housing over the past year on an initiative to accelerate the adoption of “gentle density” infill …
Gentle density: A ’gentle’ way to infill
BC communities face roadblocks to adding gentle density housing to their inventory. Understanding the roadblocks is something we are working on with Small Housing BC …
Increasing Rental Housing through Accessory Dwelling Units
In many communities across BC, there continues to be a lack of rental housing and housing diversity. Recent housing needs assessments conducted in a number …
Housing Needs Assessment Funding Now Available
by Cheeying Ho Starting in April 2019, local governments are required to develop housing needs reports at least every five years, to: Funding support is …
Affordable Housing Policy – One Size Doesn’t Fit All (part two)
by Dan Wilson, Whistler Centre for Sustainability Creating more affordable housing in British Columbia continues to be a hot topic these days, and many communities and individuals …