It really is simple: "Too often, policymakers ignore the obvious solution to homelessness — housing — in favor of immediate (and generally ineffective) responses, such as criminalization. Forced displacements and criminalization move people from one place to another, increasing their trauma and exacerbating the barriers they face to housing, while doing nothing to solve the underlying problem. "
"Most of the funding, $621 million, will go toward 36 projects aimed at bolstering the resilience of existing infrastructure through things like improving draining, moving roadways, and lifting up bridges.
An additional $119 million will go toward protecting, strengthening, or removing at-risk coastal infrastructure like highways."
The #Biden administration issued new minimum #EnergyStandards for homes built with federal dollars.
A bundle of #BuildingCodes that set efficiency targets for insulation,windows, HVAC and other systems, the updated energy standards apply only to new #AffordableHousing construction built with federal financing or funding.
All told, the average annual savings work out to $963 per household."
NIMBYism 2.0: The growing need for #affordablehousing has put #NIMBYs on their heels. But they’re not giving up; they’re just changing the subject. In a Denver suburb, you see a new tactic: Demand apartment developers build parks or other open spaces. Parks are, of course, desirable, but should apartment owners and their tenants bear the entire cost? The aim, of course, isn’t more parks, it’s less housing. https://denverite.com/2024/03/21/lakewood-save-belmar-park-developers-green-open-space-petition/
Charity weekend! On Saturday evening Bob and Sue Engler and I attended Senior Concerns’ annual fundraiser, supporting this nonprofit’s essential services for older residents.
On Sunday we were back for the Many Mansions Bowls of Hope event, where we joined Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, Ventura County CEO Dr. Sevet Johnson (pictured here with VCOE superindent Dr. Antonio Castro), and many other local community leaders in serving up tasty soups to hundreds of attendees interested in housing for everyone.
Delighted to say both events drew full-house crowds.
“Younger generations of higher-income lifestyle renters will continue to drive demand, although the need for more significant investment in affordable housing and rental assistance is greater than ever.”
The Sen̓áḵw development sounds amazing, and because of my recent obsession I've looked a little more into the parking situation. It's "being designed as a car-lite minimal parking development with roughly 600 vehicle parking stalls for 6,000 residents, with an emphasis on transit and active transportation including a transit hub, new bus stops and thousands of secured bike parking spaces." https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/senakw-kits-point/widgets/144177/faqs#AffordableHousing#Indigenous#Parking
Vivid, an 135-unit condo building in downtown Victoria, was billed as a pilot for an affordable home ownership program for middle-income earners. It was built by Chard Developments with a $53M low-interest loan from the B.C. government.
"I’m 60 yrs old now & planning to retire soon. I will spend the next year or two finishing development projects, but once I’m done with those, I’ll turn my full attention to my retirement project: bringing the #BritanniaHouse model to other locations in #BritishColumbia & maybe the rest of #Canada. One of my primary objectives was to prove that building #AffordableHousing quickly & without government subsidies is possible & this is one way to do it."
A strip mall in #BrentwoodBay long identified for #redevelopment is being eyed as a potential location for an #AffordableHousing project by the #CRD, which says its offer to purchase the property has been accepted.
#CentralSaanich Mayor Ryan Windsor said the location at 1183 Verdier Ave., which is close to transit and other services, had long been marked for densification in the municipality’s official community plan.