Housing Needs Assessment
In 2021 the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George completed a Housing Needs Assessment to better understand housing challenges across the electoral areas.
A Housing Needs Assessment reports on a community's current and anticipated housing needs by collecting data, analyzing trends and speaking with community members. It is also a requirement under the Local Government Statutes (Housing Needs Reports) Amendment Act, 2018 and local governments must produce a housing needs report every five years to identify:
- key areas of local need, including affordable housing, rental housing, special needs housing, seniors housing, family housing, and shelters and housing for people at risk of homelessness
- the number of units required to meet current and anticipated housing needs for at least the next five years, by housing type (dwelling size or number of bedrooms)
- the number and percentage of households in core housing need and extreme core housing need
Report and appendices
- Housing Needs Assessment - No Appendices
- Appendix A - Regional Engagement Summary
- Appendix B - Community Housing Profiles
- Appendix C - Housing Planning Tools for Local Governments
- Appendix D - Housing Indicators and Monitoring Guide
- Appendix E - Community Data Tables
- Appendix F - Provincial Summary Forms
Interim Housing Needs Report
The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George Interim Housing Needs Report includes information mandated by the Province of British Columbia to meet the interim housing need reporting requirements for:
- Electoral Area A (Salmon River-Lakes)
- Electoral Area C (Chilako River-Nechako)
- Electoral Area D (Tabor Lake-Stone Creek)
- Electoral Area E (Woodpecker-Hixon)
- Electoral Area F (Willow River-Upper Fraser Valley)
- Electoral Area G (Crooked River-Parsnip)
- Electoral Area H (Robson Valley-Canoe)
The report outlines the history of housing needs report requirements, followed by the electroal areas' mandatory calculations results. The next section analyzes the regional results to understand the current market and non-market housing demand. The conclusion includes high-level analysis and key considerations.