Housing
Housing costs are the largest driver of affordability challenges in the region, for both homeowners and renters. Homelessness has been at crisis levels for many years. The housing crisis is also inseparable from the climate crisis as we see renters and home buyers pushed to suburbs. Beyond the emissions issues, these long commutes create poorer health outcomes and undermine community cohesion. We urgently need solutions that address both affordability and sustainability.
Our research and collaborations actively promote best practices in local government policy; track trends across the continuum of housing needs to develop solutions; and improve access to financing, research and technical assistance for affordable housing development.
We are an active member of the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness and provide housing research services to the Capital Regional District.
Housing Reports
February 21, 2020 Mayor and Council District of Saanich 770 Vernon Ave, Victoria BC, V8X 2W7 Sent via email to council@saanich.ca Dear Mayor and Council, Re: Unrelated occupants and Zoning Bylaw, 2003, Amendment Bylaw, 2020, No. 9608. We write in regard to the proposal to amend the unrelated occupants provisions of Zoning Bylaw, 2003. The … Read more
2019 Living Wage for families: $19.39. May 1, 2019 (Greater Victoria) Household expenses for raising a family in British Columbia increased again from 2018 to 2019. And if it hadn’t been for government policy – most notably BC’s new Affordable Child Care Benefit – the increase would have been close to ten thousand dollars, says the … Read more
Research Report VICTORIA – Survey reveals that Victoria’s tight housing market is meaning renovictions, demovictions, discrimination, living in poor quality housing, and increased vulnerability for renters. A new study by the Community Social Planning Council of Victoria and the Victoria Tenants Action Group, Can’t Stay and Can’t Go: A participatory action research project on rental … Read more
VICTORIA – Survey reveals that Victoria’s tight housing market is meaning renovictions, demovictions, discrimination, living in poor quality housing, and increased vulnerability for renters. A new study by the Community Social Planning Council of Victoria and the Victoria Tenants Action Group, Can’t Stay and Can’t Go: A participatory action research project on rental housing instability … Read more
Innovating Seniors Housing 2016 COMMUNITY SOCIAL PLANNING COUNCIL OF GREATER VICTORIA October 2016 Download the Primer The Complete Guide to Cohousing How to Create New-Build Cohousing How to Create Retrofit Cohousing
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Redeveloping Underutilized Church Land for Social Housing 2013 Download the Report
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