Goal is for households to be within a 15-minute walk of key amenities such as grocery stores and other services, employment, parks and natural areas
The “not in my backyard” objections to new housing in the NDP government’s latest push won’t carry nearly the weight they once did.
Home construction in British Columbia will need to rise to unprecedented levels to offset the impact of record immigration on the housing market, the B.C. Real Estate Association said in a new report on Tuesday.
The province must build 25 per cent more new homes than usual for the next five years to address deteriorating housing affordability.
"A proposal to build a 19-storey tower with a range of housing types and to restore Saanich’s former municipal hall — now the Med Grill Restaurant — has been submitted to the municipality."
"The redevelopment of Saanich’s Med Grill property and the restoration of a heritage building next door could deliver over one hundred rental and condominium residences with modern retail spaces to the burgeoning Royal Oak community, Citified has learned."