'Density is our friend': B.C. increasingly leveraging public assets for non-market housing
As the provincial government continues to promote its strategies to battle the housing crisis, city councils are slowly increasing what's been a rarity till now: non-market housing above public assets.
From a Vancouver Island fire hall to a Kootenay city hall to a Vancouver elementary school, subsidized housing above community amenities is poised to see massive growth.
“That is the future,” said Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon, who also encouraged mayors to pitch him on such projects last month.
“We need to use every opportunity that we can to find ways to build housing, to build health care, to build schools, to build child-care centres together because it means vibrant, healthy communities.”
Full article: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/density-is-our-friend-b-c-increasingly-leveraging-public-assets-for-non-market-housing-1.6415701