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History of Housing Programs. City of Victoria. Linda Allen, RPP, FCIP | 30 January 2014. Tonight …. Federal Government Evolution to Devolution Provincial Government Partners, Enablers with Limited $ Regional Context Proactive … Housing Trust Fund, CRHC Municipal Context - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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History of Housing ProgramsCITY OF VICTORIA
Linda Allen, RPP, FCIP | 30 January 2014
Tonight …
• Federal Government• Evolution to Devolution
• Provincial Government• Partners, Enablers with Limited $
• Regional Context • Proactive … Housing Trust Fund, CRHC
• Municipal Context• Enabled by Legislation … but few $ attached
Federal Context … 1940s
• Wartime Housing Limited = 46,000 dwellings in 9 years
• Rent Controls
• National Housing Act, 1944– a declaration of social responsibility
• Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation Act, 1945
• Veterans Rental Housing Program = 30,000 units
• Beginnings of “urban renewal”, “slum clearance”
Federal Government … 1950 – 1964
• Substantial and powerful Federal role
• Focus on home ownership – mortgage $ and terms
• Transformed from a nation of tenants to a nation of owners
• Hugely significant cultural shift
• Less than 5% of annual starts were social housing
• Metro Toronto stepped up
• Sweeping changes in NHA … in come the provinces
• Loans to non-profit corporations
• Urban renewal
• Federal-Provincial partnerships
• Turning point in Canada’s housing history
• Involved the PGs
• Great period of inter-governmental relations around a common cause!
Federal Context … 1964 – 1992
Federal-Provincial Context … 1964 – 1992
• Many (GREAT) Programs for low-income Canadians• AHOP
• NIP
• RRAP
• NPH and Coops
• CRISP
• Land Assembly Assistance
• New Communities
• Rural and Native
Hundreds of thousands of new
homes – rental, coop, homeownership across Canada
70,000+ in BC
But … Graph Tells The Story
BC Context: Proactive + Supply Side
• 1992 Federal Budget … no new social housing
• BC Government reacted by being proactive
• Ramped up BC Housing as vehicle for non-market housing
• Commission on Housing Options – 1992
• Legislative Changes – Local Government as partner – 1993
BC Context: Supply Side
• Continuing $$ to BC Housing
• Several new programs – ILBC, PHI, CPI, OL – but small #s
Demand Side Measures
• Federal
• Home Buyers Plan | RRSP
• 1st Time Home Buyers Tax Credit
• RRAP – HO
• RRAP – D
• RRAP – LL
• British Columbia
• Rent Supplements
• SAFER
• RAP for families
• 1st Time Home BuyersPTT Exemption
• Property Tax DeferralsSeniors, Families w. kids
• Housing Endowment Fund
Regional Context (1)
Regional Context (2)
• Policy and Plans
• CRD Affordable Housing Strategy – 2008
• Langford’s inclusionary housing program
• 2014 RSS
• Housing Action Plans
• Research & Advocacy• City of Victoria – OCP
policies, rental housing analysis
Local Government Tools
Where we’re at …
• Very little new money for increased supply
• Governments highly reliant on demand-side measures
• Local governments expected to come to the table
• Capital Region municipalities
• CRHC Trust Fund
• Creative partnerships essential – each different