Recommended Next Steps Council Meeting September 16, 2019 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Council Meeting

Housing Needs Report: Recommended Next Steps

September 16, 2019

Presentation Outline

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1. Housing Needs Report Context 2. Next Steps & Recommendation

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Purpose / Outline

Purpose: to update Council on new legislative requirements and seek direction to apply for provincial funding to prepare a Housing Needs Report

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Housing Needs Report Context

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Significant Housing Data Exists

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2019 - Metro Vancouver Housing Data Book 2019 - CMHC Housing Market Information Portal 2018 - BC Housing Community Profiles 2018 - BC Stats Population & Household Projections 2017 - West Vancouver Foundations Vital Signs Report 2016 - DWV Demographic, Housing & Employment Projections (Urban Futures) 2016 - West Vancouver Census Profile 2013 - Understanding West Vancouver’s Purpose-Built Market Rental Housing: Discussion Paper 2012 - Metro Vancouver Purpose-Built Rental Housing Inventory and Risk Analysis: Profile for DWV

OCP Guides Development of Housing

Council’s key growth management tool:

• Data informed OCP and its central theme
• Over 3,000 inputs about housing
• ~45% of all input in the process
• A range of policies to enable ~5,000 units by 2041
• ~500 infill units (e.g., duplex, coach house)
• ~1,000 ground-oriented units (e.g., row/townhomes)
• ~3,500 apartment units
• 20% of all units expected to be rental

This housing is enabled through Council decisions about development applications

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Housing Needs Report

• New Provincial legislation passed on May 14, 2018
• Brought into force through enabling regulation on April 2019
• Requires:
• Part 1: Collection of ~50 distinct data sets

(e.g., population, income, economy and housing)

• Part 2: Analysis and report content development
• Must be presented to Council and published by April 2022

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Purpose of Housing Needs Report

• Supplements understanding

about housing needs

• Does not replace OCP
• Technical exercise in data

analysis

• More frequent updating

(i.e., every 5 years)

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DWV Housing Needs Report

Housing Needs Report Program

• 3-Year $5 million provincial funding program
• Administered through UBCM
• Next application intake in Nov 2019
• Funding scaled based on net population of planning area

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Population Funding Maximum < 5,000 $15,000 5,000 to 14,999 $20,000 15,000 to 49,999 $30,000 50,000 to 99,999 $50,000 ≥ 100,000 $70,000

DWV Pop (2016) = 42,500

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Next Steps & Recommendations

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Housing Needs Report Requirement (1)

Part 1: Information Collection Collect ~50 distinct data sets on

• Population
• Demographics
• Households

Regional approach:

• Metro Vancouver to collect and provide data
• Work began in summer and to continue in fall 2019
• Regional consistency and information dissemination
• District staff participation required

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• Economics
• Jobs
• Other housing-related information

Housing Needs Report Requirement (2)

Part 2: Report Content Analyze & provide statements on current and projected housing needs (e.g., # of bedrooms, affordable, rental, special

needs, seniors housing, households in core need)

Municipal approach:

• DWV-specific
• Technically-substantive exercise
• Consulting support required given existing resource and

priorities

• Funding available through provincial program

Recommend: seek funding to support report development

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Anticipated Timeline

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Timeline pending:

• Province yet to finalize guidelines and reporting standards
• Successful DWV funding application through UBCM

Part 1 provision (Metro Van) Part 2 funding application Funding approval* Procurement of consultant Technical analysis Report development Report finalization Provincial confirmation Reporting & publishing Fall 2019 - Winter 2020 Spring 2020 Summer - Fall 2020 Winter - Spring 2021

Recommendation

THAT staff be directed to apply for provincial funding to commence the preparation of a Housing Needs Report as described in the report.

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