January 3, 2023

Creating Market and Non-Market Affordable Housing – A Smart Growth Toolkit for BC Communities

Type
guide
publisher
Smart Growth BC
Direct Link
https://planh.ca/resources/publications/creating-market-and-non-market-affordable-housing-smart-growth-toolkit-bc

The key to addressing the affordable housing shortage is for local governments to take leadership in developing and implementing housing strategies that include a package of practices tailored to each community’s market and affordable housing needs. Local governments are now the ongoing facilitators responsible for ensuring that an adequate range of housing types addresses market and non-market demand.

The purpose of this Toolkit is to give local government staff and decision-makers more detailed knowledge about eight tools that deliver market and non-market affordable housing so they are better equipped to decide which approaches suit their community and to develop an affordable housing program. Local governments have the legislative authority to work with developers to use all of these tools to create affordable housing. This Toolkit provides the support and suggestions on how to craft an effective affordable housing program.

Topics

  • affordable housing
  • community planning
  • economy
  • Working Together