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
New affordable housing in Saanich looks anything but in the light of a new study that defines the upper limit for an affordable home in Saanich as $605,000 for larger homes and $428,000 for those with fewer than two bedrooms.
An economic boost could be coming to the relatively small community of Central Saanich.
Hundreds of workers may be migrating to Central Saanich from Victoria as a subcontractor for the B.C. government closes down its office in downtown Victoria.
It is likely to take one or two generations before the District of Saanich can dig itself out of its housing deficit.
During discussion this past week of a progress report on Saanich’s housing strategy, district staff suggested it will be decades before the municipality can catch up, noting it has managed to build only 70 per cent of its housing target over the past six years.
"Saanich is the most populous municipality in the Capital Regional District on south Vancouver Island. According to the 2021 census, 117,735 people live in Saanich, compared to 91,867 in neighbouring Victoria."