Housing Action Program

The District’s Housing Action Program (HAP) combines Council Priority Projects (CPP) related to housing and while also responding to the Provincial housing initiatives, which have become the District’s top priorities. Collectively the CPP listed below form the District’s Housing Action Program.

Complete

• CPP #72 Update Zoning Bylaw for Small Scale Multi Unit Housing (SSMUH)
• CPP #73 Update the OCP for Small Scale Multi Unit Housing Program
• CPP #74 Interim Housing Needs Report

Underway

• CPP #75 Complete Mandated Five-Year Review of OCP
• CPP #76 Complete Mandated Pre-Zoning to implement updated OCP
• CPP #77 Prepare Tracking Program
• CPP #78 Optimize Development Processes
• CPP #79 Responding to Increased Development Interest
• CPP #80 Prepare Amenity Cost Charge Bylaw and Development Cost Charge Bylaw

Upcoming

• CPP #81 Reservation for yet-to-come housing projects mandated by the Province

The Housing Action Program aims to increase housing supply, create more diverse housing choice and over time contribute to more affordable housing. This project will result in the development of a new regulatory land use framework with a focus on housing policy and associated bylaw changes required to meet Provincial legislation changes. This includes but is not limited to population and housing projections over a 20 year horizon, a more robust and updated housing needs report, and implementation and monitoring framework. Technical analysis and assessments will be undertaken to ensure infrastructure including servicing and community amenities aligns with planned growth and change in the community.

The HAP will take from 2024 to the end of 2028.

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Funding Acknowledgement

The District of Oak Bay gratefully acknowledges the support of the Province of British Columbia's Growing Communities Fund, which is enabling a significant capacity increase to advance the municipality's ambitious Housing Action Program.