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Vancouver 12 SitesIn December 2007, Vancouver City Council approved a
Memorandum of Understanding between the Province of B.C. and the
City to expedite the approval of up to 1,200 new social
and supportive housing units on 12 city-owned sites.
In December 2007, Vancouver
City Council approved a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
between the Province of B.C. and the City to
expedite the municipal approval process for up to 1,200
new social and supportive housing units
on 12 city-owned sites.
The Province will pay all the costs to design the
new housing developments through to the issuing of development and
building permits. These include fees for architects and
consultants, permit fees, legal costs and survey and engineering
costs. The Province will also issue a proposal call non-profit
societies to manage and operate the housing developments.
The City of Vancouver will provide 12 sites for a
period of 60 years. The non-profit operators will be charged a
nominal fee for rent, and each development will exempt from
property taxes as long as they provide subsidized social and
supportive housing. The majority of the
12 city-owned sites
were identified as part of the city's
Supportive Housing Strategy
, approved by City Council in June 2007. This strategy focuses
on providing more safe, secure and affordable housing plus support
services in response to the current homelessness situation.
The new units will be social and supportive
housing to accommodate the homeless and those at risk of
homelessness who are living on the streets or in shelters, and
those living in inadequate Single Room Occupancy hotels.
The provincial contribution to pay for the
pre-development costs is part of a $41 million commitment to help
break the cycle of homelessness
that was announced on October 12, 2007. It built on the
provincial housing strategy,
Housing
Matters BC
, which was announced in October 2006.
More details can be found in the
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
and the
City Administrative Report
.
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