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#3201 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 07 January 2023 - 04:13 PM

‘We are on fire’: Victoria to study measures to ease housing crisis

A host of existing and new policies will also be looked at on the issue of parking

https://www.vicnews....housing-crisis/

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#3202 Nparker

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Posted 07 January 2023 - 04:18 PM

‘We are on fire’: Victoria to study measures to ease housing crisis...


So council will look into pouring gasoline on the issue.

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Posted 07 January 2023 - 04:22 PM

Somehow I get the feeling anything they do won’t work all that well. Nobody wants to live in a place with no parking.

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Posted 07 January 2023 - 04:23 PM

 

“Too many residents are being forced out of the city in order to find suitable housing,”

 

Too many people are being forced out of the most densely populated central neighbourhoods into less densely populated & less central neighbourhoods. But is this really ever a problem? Or is it just the same old natural process of growth, development and redevelopment, and demographic turnover?

I'm just saying, if we're suddenly thinking we need to figure out innovative ways to put way more people into the most densely populated central neighbourhoods then why are we suddenly thinking this? If we had been doing it gradually for the past several decades (rather than fighting tooth and nail against it for that entire time) then major disruptive changes probably wouldn't be "needed" at all.


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Posted 07 January 2023 - 04:24 PM

And house conversions into multiple need to meet the building code. Not much the city can do to make that much easier.

#3206 aastra

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Posted 07 January 2023 - 04:25 PM

Remind me, what sort of aggressive incentives have the CoV and Saanich been offering to developers to get rental housing built on all of those underdeveloped properties from north downtown right through to Uptown?



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Posted 07 January 2023 - 04:26 PM

Let's just say it's a very selective kind of disruptive transformation that officialdom seems to be seeking through all of this.


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Posted 07 January 2023 - 04:26 PM

“Too many residents are being forced out of the city in order to find suitable housing,” Thompson said.

The motion calls for staff to look into amending current house conversion regulations to allow for a wider range of homes by relaxing or removing restrictions.

“The nice thing is it’s of zero cost for the government because homeowners are doing this for us,” Thompson said.




^ that’s how our new council simpletons think.
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Posted 07 January 2023 - 04:27 PM

Somehow I get the feeling anything they do won’t work all that well. Nobody wants to live in a place with no parking.

 

That may be the point, prices will come down due to reduced demand.



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Posted 07 January 2023 - 04:32 PM

“Too many residents are being forced out of the city in order to find suitable housing,” Thompson said.

 

So who then is quickly renting/buying every unit that comes onto the market?

 

I am hearing from my sources that the recurring discussion regarding of limiting rent increases by the unit rather than the tenant is getting more and more traction with the NDP. It is certainly supported by the CoV council. We may see something in this upcoming session. I think that they will want to start making more radical changes before cyclical market forces change economics and they lose momentum.


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#3211 Nparker

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Posted 07 January 2023 - 05:04 PM

I'm looking forward to the NDP freezing residential property taxes at 2017 levels in perpetuity.
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#3212 LJ

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Posted 07 January 2023 - 07:26 PM

^You're a wealthy homeowner, they got nothing for you.


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Posted 07 January 2023 - 07:34 PM

Too many people are being forced out of the most densely populated central neighbourhoods into less densely populated & less central neighbourhoods. But is this really ever a problem? Or is it just the same old natural process of growth, development and redevelopment, and demographic turnover?

I'm just saying, if we're suddenly thinking we need to figure out innovative ways to put way more people into the most densely populated central neighbourhoods then why are we suddenly thinking this? If we had been doing it gradually for the past several decades (rather than fighting tooth and nail against it for that entire time) then major disruptive changes probably wouldn't be "needed" at all.

Read Agenda 2030. It has the answers especially if you read it with your double speak filter on. This is the Sustainable Development Goals in action that’s all. There is no local thinking and problem solving going on. Lisa Helps has directly Quoted that she is “inspired” by the SDGs… The UN stated more than a decade ago that they needed local governments to implement this agenda. We are now living it. “Human settlements” need to become more dense, more surveilled, more controlled and rural development curtailed to stop the weather from changing.

Edited by dasmo, 07 January 2023 - 07:37 PM.

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Posted 08 January 2023 - 08:09 AM

Just like “the missing middle” this lockstep adherence to the agenda is plain to see if you just look. Aastra, you like to say they are all actors… Agenda 2030 is the script.

“Starting in January, though, California will become the first US state to enact a ban on parking minimums, halting their use in areas with public transport in a move that Governor Gavin Newsom called a “win-win” for reducing planet-heating emissions from cars, as well as helping alleviate the lack of affordable housing in a state that has lagged in building new dwellings.

Several cities across the country are now rushing doing the same,”

https://www.wired.co...he-parking-lot/

#3215 Mike K.

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Posted 08 January 2023 - 08:30 AM

To think the jewel of the US has become one of the most economically challenged states in the span of 50 years is shocking.

If an entire state can end up this way, think of how little it takes for a city to slide.
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Posted 09 January 2023 - 07:54 AM

There are reasons people are moving to Texas. Moving in vast numbers, including companies.



#3217 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 20 January 2023 - 04:18 AM

Housing co-operatives deserve investment

Being a lifelong supporter of the NDP, it saddens me to say that I think Premier David Eby made a huge mistake when he decided to force strata corporations to resolve the housing crisis for him.

 

Had Eby decided to promote and invest in more housing co-operatives, everyone would have been in a better position.

 

Builders could develop more, renters could become members in their co-operatives, and strata owners could live next door to other owners who have a financial interest in their property.

 

Brian Rosval

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https://www.timescol...-buyers-6408698



#3218 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 25 January 2023 - 07:56 AM

BoC rate up .25 as expected.

But they say that might be it.

#3219 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 29 January 2023 - 08:02 AM

 The federal government has set aside billions of dollars to quickly build affordable housing across the country, but delays in construction suggest many of the projects approved for funding are missing their deadlines.

 

The Rapid Housing Initiative is a federal program launched in 2020 that provides funding to cities and non-profit organizations to build affordable homes for vulnerable Canadians, including those experiencing homelessness.

 

The federal government offered $2.5 billion during the first two rounds of project funding, with the condition that approved units must be built within 12 months in most places or 18 months in northern or remote communities.

 

But a document put together by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. in response to a written question from a member of Parliament shows the majority of units approved have not yet been constructed.

 

The first round of applications closed at the end of March 2021 and resulted in 4,792 units approved for funding, while a further 5,473 got the green light during the second round that closed a year later.

 

The response from CMHC, which is dated Nov. 30, says only 1,449 units have been completed.

 

Neither CMHC nor Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen's office would say how many projects missed the 12- or 18-month deadlines. A CMHC spokesperson, however, acknowledged some projects have been delayed.

 

 

 

https://www.timescol...tructed-6453191



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Posted 29 January 2023 - 08:28 AM

I'm shocked. You mean just throwing (a lot of) money at the issue didn't miraculously make the housing appear? It's almost as if these announcements are made more for political gain than any practical purpose.


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