Housing Supply Act Discussion - Implementation & Outcomes

madog222 · #1 Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 2:43 AM**

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The Housing Supply Act gives the Province the authority to set housing targets in municipalities, starting with those with the greatest need and highest projected growth. The targets will encourage municipalities to address local barriers to construction so that housing can get built faster, including updating zoning bylaws and streamlining local development approval processes.

Once targets are set, the Province will monitor progress and work with municipalities to help address any barriers. To support implementation, the Province will continue to help local governments speed up local approval processes through the continued implementation of the development approvals process review, as well as the Province’s work accelerating and streamlining provincial permitting across multiple ministries and developing a new digital permitting process.

The act enables compliance options as a last resort, should municipalities struggle to create the conditions that are necessary to ensure housing gets built.

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023HOUS0059-000851

madog222 · #2 Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 2:45 AM**

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Originally Posted by GenWhy?

Province has picked their 10 cities to increase housing targets this year with Fall roll-out of their battle plans (so far sounding similar to allowing outright Vancouver's multi-plex program)

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023HOUS0059-000851

The selected municipalities are:

City of Abbotsford
City of Delta
City of Kamloops
District North Vancouver
District of Oak Bay
City of Port Moody
District of Saanich
City of Vancouver
City of Victoria
District of West Vancouver

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Originally Posted by Sheba

B.C. government documents reveal all 47 municipalities on housing 'naughty list'

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While B.C.’s housing minister this past week announced the first 10 municipalities that must meet future housing targets, a government order-in-council reveals all 47 municipalities that will likely have to ramp up their housing production.

By being on what some have called “the naughty list,” municipalities will have to approve a mix of housing, including townhomes, multi-family buildings, condos and below-market housing.

The expanded list of municipalities includes fast-growing large cities like Burnaby, Surrey and Langford, and smaller communities like White Rock, Pitt Meadows and North Cowichan. (See below for a full list of cities.)

The Housing Ministry said in a statement the order-in-council includes 47 municipalities in “areas of the province with the greatest housing need and highest projected growth where targets may be set.”

“These municipalities were simply included in the order-in-council for expediency to not have to amend the regulation every time a new cohort is selected,” a ministry spokesperson said by email Sunday. “While these are areas with the highest need and projected growth, it is not a guarantee that targets will be set in each of those municipalities.”

The housing targets will be set later this summer and municipalities will have six months to show progress. Municipalities were selected using a weighted index based on factors that include urgency of housing need, projected population growth, land availability and housing affordability.

Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon said during last week’s announcement that 10 more municipalities will be selected and notified later this year. It’s unclear which of the municipalities on the order-in-council will be next.

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If communities don’t meet the targets within six months, the province will appoint an independent adviser to help them make progress. If that doesn’t work, the province will wield a bigger stick and overrule the municipality with the power to rezone entire neighbourhoods to create more density.

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When Premier David Eby first announced the housing targets through the Housing Supply Act, he promised that communities that build the required housing will be rewarded with cash for amenities such as bike lanes, recreation centres and infrastructure to support growing populations.

District of North Vancouver Mayor Mike Little and West Van Mayor Mark Sager told Postmedia News earlier this week they want to see federal and provincial cash for badly needed infrastructure like improved highways and bridges in order to address congestion in and out of their growing communities.

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Here are all the municipalities mentioned in the order-in-council, listed alphabetically:

• Abbotsford*
• Anmore (village)
• Belcarra (village)
• Burnaby
• Central Saanich (district)
• Chilliwack
• Colwood
• Coquitlam
• Delta*
• Duncan
• Esquimalt (township)
• Highlands (district)
• Kamloops*
• Kelowna
• Ladysmith (town)
• Lake Cowichan (town)
• Langford
• Lantzville (district)
• Langley
• Langley (township)
• Lions Bay (village)
• Maple Ridge
• Metchosin (district)
• Mission
• Nanaimo
• New Westminster
• North Cowichan (district)
• North Saanich (district)
• North Vancouver (city)
• North Vancouver (district)*
• Oak Bay (district)*
• Pitt Meadows
• Port Coquitlam
• Port Moody*
• Prince George
• Richmond
• Saanich (district)*
• Sidney (town)
• Sooke (district)
• Squamish (district)
• Surrey
• Vancouver*
• Victoria*
• View Royal (town)
• West Kelowna
• West Vancouver (district municipality)*
• White Rock*

*Previously announced

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Migrant_Coconut · #3 Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 3:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by madog222

That's not really a naughty list, it's everyone...

Not everybody - Courtenay, Whistler and most of the Okanagan are apparently too far away to be useful.

fredinno · #4 Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 4:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Not everybody - Courtenay, Whistler and most of the Okanagan are apparently too far away to be useful.

There’s Kelowna.

trofirhen · #5 Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 4:24 AM**

While I am sure there are towns and cities that do not appear on the list, it is still an almost exhaustive list of BC communities that need to build more housing. Everybody's in it together this time, big time

mcj · #6 Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 5:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Not everybody - Courtenay, Whistler and most of the Okanagan are apparently too far away to be useful.

Yeah Whistler should be on this list, though they're probably getting away with being a "Resort Municipality". I guess rich people who are scared of working people and shadows have to go somewhere

Migrant_Coconut · #7 Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 5:55 PM**

And if even Duncan's on the list, why not Vernon and Penticton? The Valley's getting pretty expensive too.

madog222 · #8 Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 6:02 PM**

They’re focusing growth where they want it.

chowhou · #9 Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 6:07 PM**

I know there's also a bit of a sentiment that housing prices in the interior are only high because lack of housing supply on the coast is pushing people inland. In theory, if sufficient supply is built on the coast, housing costs in the interior should feel the effects too.

Migrant_Coconut · #10 Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 6:09 PM**

Maybe they should focus it a bit more - pushing density up Vancouver Island and the Sea to Sky might win the NDP more elections, but it'll also encourage a lot more unnecessary car traffic.

chowhou · #11 Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 6:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Maybe they should focus it a bit more - pushing density up Vancouver Island and the Sea to Sky might win the NDP more elections, but it'll also encourage a lot more unnecessary car traffic.

Maybe certain members of the forum will get the rail service they've been dreaming of.

Migrant_Coconut · #12 Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 6:20 PM**

Heh, just don't say it three times...

mcj · #13 Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 6:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by chowhou

Maybe certain members of the forum will get the rail service they've been dreaming of.

Fantasy transit thread takeover incoming...

MIPS · #14 Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 7:15 PM**

So what exactly does this mean? Is this the feds saying you have to fulfill a density quota by a set date or lose provincial funding for other projects or something?

whatnext · #15 Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 7:21 PM**

The length of the list is laughable and make it a bit of a joke.

If David Eby & the NDP really want to help with housing turn over the provincial lands to build provincially-owned rental housing on.

Greetingsfromcanada · #16 Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 7:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by MIPS

So what exactly does this mean? Is this the feds saying you have to fulfill a density quota by a set date or lose provincial funding for other projects or something?

Province can then order the cities to change their zoning or do it themselves if they dont comply. It's not a build quote as much as it is just letting the market build housing where demand is. This is currently the nice phase, where they kindly ask a few cities to comply and suggest to the rest they're also gonna have to let more housing be built next year too. So start planning.

Greetingsfromcanada · #17 Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 7:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

The length of the list is laughable and make it a bit of a joke.

If David Eby & the NDP really want to help with housing turn over the provincial lands to build provincially-owned rental housing on.

BC's core housing need is 1.1 million units by 2030, according to federal CMHC analysis. At like 450,000 per unit, that's like $500 billion. BC simply does not have the capital. The entire federal government probably doesn't for BC alone either. It's just not happening without private development. We don't have the land nor the money provincially

s211 · #18 Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 7:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by mcj

Fantasy transit thread takeover incoming...

no... wait...

whatnext · #19 Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 7:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by Greetingsfromcanada

BC's core housing need is 1.1 million units by 2030, according to federal CMHC analysis. At like 450,000 per unit, that's like $500 billion. BC simply does not have the capital. The entire federal government probably doesn't for BC alone either. It's just not happening without private development. We don't have the land nor the money provincially

Private development will take care of building expensive units for those who can afford them. We have seen that is not enough. Only the senior levels of government can provide that type of housing, whether it is using the Vienna model or something else.

The notion that developers will lower their prices if only they could get approvals from municipalities faster is laughably naive.

FarmerHaight · #20 Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 8:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Greetingsfromcanada

This is currently the nice phase, where they kindly ask a few cities to comply and suggest to the rest they're also gonna have to let more housing be built next year too. So start planning.

Hence, why Ken Sim provided a chipper quote for the press release: "I am happy the province is asking other cities to do what we already plan to do".