Victoria councilor wants to make affordable-housing mandatory Victoria should consider developing a municipal housing strategy that could include making affordable-housing units a mandatory part of all new housing projects approved by the city, says Coun. Ben Isitt. “A big question when we’re looking at our priorities is: How can the city do a better job as regulator and as the zoning authority in this community to mandate that whenever a new building goes up, there’s either low-cost housing provided directly on that property, or there’s a cash contribution to […] the creation of new low-cost housing,” Isitt said. Isitt was responding to a presentation by Andrew Wynn-Williams, executive director of the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness, who told councilors there is a significant housing shortage in Greater Victoria for those with lower incomes. - See more at: timescolonist/news/local/victoria-councillor-wants-to-make-affordable-housing-mandatory-1.1693848#sthash.xjzSEcTU.dpuf
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 22:00:01 +0000
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