BCNPHA Resources for Non-Profit Housing Providers
April 12, 2011
Expression of Interest, Partnering and Housing Needs Workshop
Presentation by
Margaret Eberle, BCNPHA Acting Research Director
Jim Woodward, BCNPHA Consultant
Mary McWilliam, Director Energy Management
Overview of presentation:
1. BCNPHA and BCNPHA Consulting
2. Needs Assessment
3. Putting Your Proposal Together
4. Energy Considerations
Who is BC Non-Profit Housing Association? • The provincial association providing leadership and support
to non-profit housing providers
• Incorporated in 1993 to give a unified voice to, and increase the standards of, the non-profit housing sector
•Represents the interests of non-profit housing societies to all levels of government and the public.
BCNPHA Mission Statement
The work of the Association is to lead and support its members who are non profit housing providers through services, educational opportunities, and advocacy.
• Over 600 non-profit housing societies operating affordable housing in British Columbia
• 50,000 units of long-term, non-profit managed housing in
approximately 1,500 buildings across the province
• Nearly $5 billion held in land and building assets alone
Provincial Context
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● 20 non-profit housing societies operating 46 buildings ● Approximately 1,650 units of non-profit housing across the city ● City of Richmond is home to nearly 3% of the province’s units
Non-Profit Housing in Richmond
Source: BCNPHA Asset Analysis 2011
6 BCNPHA Departments • Member Services
• Education and Communication
• BCNPHA Consulting • Research
• Strategic Energy Management • Society for Affordable Housing, Education, Awareness, and Development (AHEAD)
BCNPHA Consulting Consulting Strategy
PURPOSE Strengthen the non-profit housing sector in BC by ensuring that non-profit
housing providers have affordable access to high quality information resources and professional education and consulting services.
KEY COMPONENTS • Development of a core competencies framework for consultants in the sector; • Formalization of existing ad hoc referral and case management services
currently being provided by the Association; and • Restructuring of various BCNPHA revenue-generating service delivery projects
under a single operating umbrella
What is a needs assessment?
• A housing need and demand study is an analysis of the need for affordable housing in a community
• Gap between affordable housing supply and demand
• Two major types:
• Focused needs assessment
•Community wide needs assessment
Purpose of Need and Demand Studies
• Why do need and demand studies? • Defensible data on extent and nature of needs
• To determine programming or provide starting point for housing strategy or plan
• Required by funders
• To ensure that affordable housing projects are distributed fairly and equitably across need groups and geographic regions of the province
Need and Demand Template
Why create a need and demand study template?
• To assist project sponsors with estimates of need and demand
• To create consistency to allow for better comparison
Available at:
http://www.bcnpha.ca/pages/housing-development.php
Components of a Need and Demand Study
• Community demographic and economic profile
• Current affordable housing need
• Current affordable housing supply
• Projections – emerging housing need
• Projections – anticipated housing supply
• Gap analysis
Information Sources
QUANTITATIVE DATA • Metro Vancouver - Housing Databook, Homeless Counts
• Statistics Canada –Census
• BCNPHA – Inventory of non profit housing providers and buildings
• BC Housing – Wait list data by household type
• CMHC – Housing in Canada Online
Example
Richmond Richmond Metro
Measures of housing need
Number renter
households
Share of all renters
Share of all renters
Renters in core housing need 2006 4,070 32% 31%
Renters at risk of homelessness (INALHM) 2006 1,675 13% 12%
Source: Metro Vancouver Housing Databook
18%
79%
1%
29%
14%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
Senior households
Immigrant households
Aboriginal Identity households
Persons with Disabilities
Female Lone-Parent Households
At risk of homelessness by maintainer characteristics 2006 –
all households
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BC Housing Waitlist for Metro Vancouver
Source: BC Housing Registry, April 2011
Tenant Type Applicants Percent
Family 3128 35%
Seniors 2168 25%
People with disabilities 1728 20%
Singles 756 9%
Transfers 752 8%
Wheelchair modified 252 3%
Pending applications 21 0%
Rent supplements 7 0%
Total 8812 100.0%
Information Sources
QUALITATIVE INFORMATION • Interviews with key stakeholders
• Focus groups
• Kitchen table sessions
• Reports from local community organizations
• Public consultation
Documenting Need and Demand
• There are many different options
• Report style
• One-pagers
• Indicator matrices
• Build upon your experience
• Know your target group
• Partners are key
• Be clear about what you can provide
• Be clear about what you need
• Be clear about partner roles and responsibilities
Planning your proposal
Need and demand
– Demonstrate housing need for target population
– Demonstrate understanding of target population
– Demonstrate how the project will meet tenant needs
Corporate experience
– Experience with similar projects
– Partners and their experience
Address requirements
• Financial viability and sustainability
– Society contribution
– Other partners
• Corporate capacity to complete project
• Experience with supportive housing and your vision for this project
Address requirements
• Tenant mix
• Mixed uses -residential, community and commercial
• Social and environmental sustainability
Other considerations
– High performance buildings
– Low life cycle costs
– Alternative energy, renewable energy, district energy
– Strategic partnerships
– Education and employment opportunities
Sustainability considerations
• New Construction or Major Redevelopment:
– Checklists to ensure best project value
– Participate in design charrettes
– Maximize funding for healthier and more efficient building projects
– ‘Greening’ RFPs to maximize project value
– Long-term revenue generating opportunities
2011 Strategic Planning for Energy in New Projects
• Consider future energy costs
• Design with future facility use scenarios in mind
• Flexibility to add efficiency features and renewable energy
• Control and monitoring of energy use
• Efficiency lessons from healthcare and hospitality
Efficiency Lessons to Carry to New Development Projects
Margaret Eberle
BCNPHA Acting Research Director
Jim Woodward
BCNPHA Consultant
Mary McWilliam
Director, BCNPHA Strategic Energy Management
Phone: 604.291.2600
www.bcnpha.ca
Thank You!