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[Sheba]

Originally Posted by CanSpice

The District of North Vancouver rejected a rezoning proposal for below-market-rental housing last night.

Any time you see a councillor or mayor say "we are not against affordable housing but..." they're actually against affordable housing.

You expected a different result?

The District of North Vancouver has decided against rezoning a parking lot that would have created a seniors' respite care centre and rental housing at below market rates.

Council rejected the proposed rezoning of 600 West Queens Rd., following contentious public hearings that took place in the summer under the previous municipal government.

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The proposal would have seen the district give land currently owned by the municipality to the Catalyst Community Developments Society. The ground level would have been a seniors' respite care facility, and the second to fifth storeys rental housing.

Rent for all 80 units would have been priced below the market average, from $1,000-$1,260 for a studio to $1,663-$2,550 for a three-bedroom unit.

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The vote was 5-2, with councillors Matthew Bond and Jordan Back supporting the project.

"If we can do better, please define what better is," said Bond to councillors in opposition.

"This is our land. Council has complete control of the process. So some of these concerns I'm a little bit baffled by .... 80 good affordable rental homes is better than zero perfect ones."

The municipal election in the district was fought mainly on issues of development, with new mayor Mike Little campaigning on slowing down the pace of growth in the district.

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