Housing

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 the current and anticipated housing needs in a community 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 understand their communities' housing needs and identify housing supply gaps.

All housing needs reports 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