District of North Vancouver will need 7,057 housing units in the next 10 years to accommodate increase in population. The numbers are part of a new report called Housing Needs Report the District will be discussing at an upcoming Council workshop.
According to the report, between 2021 and 2031, there is a projected need for 7,057 units. Of these, approximately 5,500 need to be ownership units while 1,550 must be new rental units.
Approximately 2,518 multi-family units were approved by the Council from 2011 to the end of 2020, though they have not yet achieved occupancy.
This leaves approximately 4,538 more homes to accommodate the growth projected in the Housing Needs Report.
The Housing Needs Report used Metro Vancouver’s draft updated population projections for the District, which anticipates that the District’s population will be approximately 104,800 by 2031.
According to the report, based on stakeholder engagement, there is a strong need for housing for seniors, immigrants and particularly new immigrants, families and the homeless.
“The number of individuals experiencing homelessness has increased throughout the North Shore and there is an urgent need for housing options to accommodate these individuals,” the report states.
The report also notes that DNV has a lower proportion of renters than seen regionally, likely owing to the District’s housing stock, which is primarily single-detached and has traditionally been aligned with high levels of ownership.
However, household growth in the District has been primarily driven by new renter households who accounted for 85% of new households between 2006 and 2016.
We live in a country that is EMPTY OF PEOPLE.
Why would we want to turn the forested streets and trails of the North Shore into housing towers?
And I do NOT believe we will see 7000 people homeless and wandering the streets of the DNV.
As it stands, there is not enough local employment to allow the present population of DNV to work locally. A better approach is NOT to build and work with the Province to open up smaller towns in BC with industry.
Affordable housing? Who are the next generation of homeowners? How will they afford to live here? Where will we put all these new homes? Nature is what makes it so so wonderful to live here, anymore housing and we will have no more nature.