Download or read book Affordable Housing for BC s Capital Region written by Marika Lucienne Kirk Albert and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Affordable Housing for BC s Capital Region written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Community Social Planning Council, Victoria Real Estate Board, and the Capital Regional District came together in 2011 to review developments in the region and elsewhere, and resolved, with the support of the Real Estate Foundation of BC, to examine what kinds of tools might be available to municipalities and the regional district to enable affordable housing 1. Canadian Mortgage and Housing C [...] An important aspect of the methodology of the project was the involvement of the Steering Committee made up of representatives from the Capital Regional District and the Victoria Real Estate Board. [...] Housing Affordability Challenges in the Capital Region The crisis of affordability is reaching more and more households as the ratio between household incomes and the cost of housing continues to grow.6 The standard measure of housing affordability looks at the relationship between household income and shelter costs. [...] Adding to the Affordable Housing Stock In the Capital Region, the City of Langford is the regional leader in terms of a having a comprehensive and flexible policy framework that encourages and supports affordable housing development. [...] The following recommendations also attempt to address key opportunities to scale up and enable access to and development of affordable housing with a view to informing the future development of the regional affordable housing strategy of the CRD.
Download or read book Housing Low income People in BC s Capital Region written by Colleen Kasting and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Making Room the Human Face of Housing Affordability in BC s Capital Region written by Nathan, Holly and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Our Working Capacity written by Capital Regional District (Victoria, B.C.). Regional Planning Services and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Home Insecurity The State of Social Housing Funding in BC written by John Irwin and published by Canadian Centre Policy Alternatives. This book was released on 2004 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HOME INSECURITY The State of Social Housing Funding in BC by John Irwin AUGUST 2004 Home Insecurity: The State of Social Housing Funding in BC By John Irwin August 2004 ISBN 0-88627-375-7 $10 ABOUT THE AUTHOR John Irwin is a researcher with the BC Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. [...] Key findings: Social housing in BC is being transformed by a The BC government has abandoned the provision shift away from affordable housing for those on a of new social housing at a time with the demand low income to assisted living for those with health for affordable housing is rising. [...] BC Housing is the provincial agency that manages these funds for social housing, and rent supplement programs (see the box "What is social housing?" in the summary for a discussion of the differences between rent supplements and social housing). [...] Home Insecurity: The State of Social Housing Funding in BC 7 The State of Social Housing Funding in BC Affordable housing as a shell game The new BC government, in 2001, remained committed to some of the social housing projects announced by its predecessor, but put an end to funding new social housing for those in economic need. [...] The only other new social housing to be built in BC is largely municipally-driven-100 units in the Woodward's re-development in 2006/07,8 250 units that may be built in the 2010 Olympics athletes' village in Southeast False Creek,9 and a number of homeless-at-risk units.10 In stark contrast to the winding down of the Provincial Housing Program, the government will provide 3,500 assisted living uni.
Download or read book A Regional Housing Affordability Strategy for the Capital Region Appendix to Working Paper 2 Description of Potential Solutions written by Victoria (B.C.). Capital Regional District. Regional Planning Services and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Creating Vibrant Communities written by Paul Born and published by BPS Books. This book was released on 2010-09-24 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Equal parts inspiration, perspiration, and information -- a book that is sure to take the Vibrant Communities story to new heights as it begins its next exciting phase.In Canada, "poverty reduction" is no longer a "wouldn't it be nice" dream discussed after yet another failure to make a dent in an age-old problem. It's a living, breathing, exhilarating reality. Why? Because all across the country people are approaching poverty in a positive, creative, and energetic way. They are doing so courtesy of a new social phenomenon called Vibrant Communities: a network of people who are getting people together -- citizens (no matter what their income), community developers, business people, and representatives from all levels of government -- to determine needs, community assets, and strategies. They're putting plans into action with astonishing results. This book tells their story. And perhaps yours, too.
Download or read book A Regional Housing Affordability Strategy for the Capital Region Working Paper 2 the Challenges and Opportunities written by Victoria (B.C.). Capital Regional District. Regional Planning Services and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Capital Region Supportive Housing written by British Columbia Housing Management Commission and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Youth Housing Study for BC s Capital Region written by Tricia Irish and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Housing Thousands of Women written by Marge Reitsma-Street and published by University of Victoria Faculty of Human and Social Developme. This book was released on 2005 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Being Realistic About Urban Growth written by Christopher Leo and published by Canadian Centre Policy Alternatives. This book was released on 2005 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authors Christopher Leo is Professor of Politics at Katie Anderson is a recent graduate of the University of Winnipeg and Adjunct the University of Winnipeg and an em- Professor of City Planning at the Univer- ployee of the Institute of Urban Studies, sity of Manitoba. [...] This is achieved by taking advantage of the fact that a bur- geoning economy and a favourable loca- 2.3 Land use tion produce an intense demand for de- It is density that is at the heart of Vancou- velopment, and put developers in the ver's success in managing its infrastruc- mood to accept strict conditions, if neces- ture and services, and density is a matter sary, in return for a cut of the pro [...] Slow, sprawling growth carries a heavy price tag for Winnipeg, and the most read- A good share of this deterioration stems ily quantifiable part of what amounts to a from the willingness, indeed the determi- structural deficit is the deterioration of nation, to spread the city so thinly as to older infrastructure. [...] The wish for growth defeats rational sult of urban development in municipali- planning, becomes the source of ill-con- ties near Winnipeg and the other seems sidered policy and undermines first the to have been the product of wishful think- city's collective self-confidence and ulti- ing about growth. [...] Class and ur- economy and the power of the local state: ban social expenditure: a Marxist theory the politics of planning in Edmonton and of metropolitan government.
Download or read book Petite Op ration de Construction Intercalaire written by Federation of Canadian Municipalities and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Land intensification has become a development strategy of increasing necessity for many urban municipalities. Pressure to contain municipal boundaries, rather than continuing to grow outward, has focused attention on small-scale, infill housing development as a means of providing affordable housing options and revitalizing vacant properties in established neighbourhoods. Capital Region Housing Corporation of Victoria, British Columbia received an A.C.T. grant in 1990 to develop an innovative small-scale residential concept that could be readily inserted into existing neighbourhoods. Specifically, the design would be a one- and two-bedroom, side-by-side, stacked fourplex. The size of the units, the single-lot land component, a fast-track approval process and prefabrication of components or entire units were key factors that would contribute to affordability. The project team aimed to address the following: -the development of a fourplex design concept, including variations; -new zoning requirements; -the development approval process; and -market segments and rental options. Detailed design drawings were developed and modified in consultation with the City of Victoria Planning Department. Building specifications were defined, and budgets for development and construction costs were determined. In addition, a draft zoning by-law was produced that would permit the construction of the stacked fourplex. In 1991, a realtor assessed the potential market value of the units based on a review of the proposed design. The realtor concluded that the units could sell for $79,000 to $87,000. As virtually no other housing in the Victoria area was available for less than $100,000, the project demonstrated that a fourplex design concept was indeed a viable option that could contribute to housing affordability.
Download or read book Alternative Sources of Capital for Social and Affordable Housing written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Changing Image of Affordable Housing written by Ulduz Maschaykh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated by a range of case studies of affordable housing options in Canada, this book examines the liveability and affordability of twenty-first-century residential architecture. Focussing on the architects’ and communities’ commitment to these housing programmes, as well as that of the private building sector, it stresses the importance of the context of the neighbourhoods in which they are placed, which are either in the process of urban transition or already gentrified. In doing so, the book shows how, and to what extent, twenty-first-century dwelling architecture developments can help to create an integrated sense of community, diminish social and demographic exclusions in a neighbourhood and incorporate people’s desires as to what their buildings should look like. This book shows that there are significant architectural projects that help to meet the needs and desires of low- to middle-income households as well as homeowners, and that gentrification does not necessarily lead to the displacement of low-income families and singles if housing policies such as those highlighted in this book are put into place. Moreover, the migration of the middle class can result in a healthy mix of classes out of which everyone can enjoy a peaceful and habitable coexistence.
Download or read book A Regional Housing Affordability Strategy for the Capital Region written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
