“It takes a while to get things turned in the right direction,” says Mayor Dean Murdock. “And I think what we’re seeing with this first six months of reporting is that largely we’re trending toward meeting the first year’s target.”
The District of Saanich is not on track to meet provincial housing targets, though council maintains the district is heading in the right direction.
“I think the report is largely a reflection of a process of improvement,” said Mayor Dean Murdock. “It takes a while to get things turned in the right direction. And I think what we’re seeing with this first six months of reporting is that largely we’re trending toward meeting the first year’s target.”
Those steps include updating the official community plan to modernize land use and identify primary growth areas that support higher density, new plans to offer a greater land-use mix along major corridors and centres, and undertaking a cross-department review of the current development and rezoning application process to decrease application review and processing timelines.
The province has set a target that 1,161 of the 4,610 new units should be non-market housing. In the first six months, zero of the 29 rental units completed were below-market housing.
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