Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 14/05/2026Bollards near a school in Ireland designed to look like pencils 🤓 #urbanism #design 0115
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 10/04/2026This is the way. Once single stair is legalized for part 9 buildings, these could also be 3 floors 062
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 28/02/2026How important are local government housing policies? They’re crucial. Saanich and Oak Bay exist in the same economy as Victoria and Esquimalt. There’s no shortage of housing need. The only reason they built so much less housing is because local policies prevented it 1122
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 27/02/2026For decades, Victoria didn't build enough rental housing to meet demand. However in recent years they really stepped up, and the thousands of new homes are allowing people to live in the city rather than being forced out into the suburbs. Let's keep it up! 0114
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 19/02/2026BC just froze its Community Housing Fund, leaving thousands of future affordable homes that were relying on the fund in limbo www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #bc #bcpoli #housing #affordability #urbanismcbc.ca'Catastrophic' decision to scrap affordable rental program leaves projects in limbo | CBC NewsThe province announced it is reallocating nearly $1.4-billion worth of housing investments, including pausing any funding through the Community Housing Fund. Non-profit housing providers say that will... 0132
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 11/02/2026HFL has a team participating in the Coldest Night of the Year walk in support of Our Place. We’d love for you to join us by: a) Joining our team and walking with us, and/or b) Donating to support the cause. 👉 [Homes for Living Team Fundraising Page] (secure.e2rm.com/registrant/T...)cnoy.orgHome - Coldest Night of the Year 2026 CanadaThe Coldest Night of the Year is a winterrific family-friendly fundraising walk in support of local charities. Let’s change the tune for people experiencing hurt, hunger, and homelessness... because i... 000
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 02/02/2026Should be an uncontroversial win for affordability 🙏 saanichnews.com/2026/02/01/s...saanichnews.comSaanich leads pushes for more accessible elevators in B.C. buildings - Saanich NewsNew elevator standards would improve housing accessibility and affordability, says Saanich councillor 1134
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 14/01/2026Council is again discussing the Quadra McKenzie Plan, this time at Committee of the Whole. Pro housing voices matter, so please come out if you can. 🗓 Mon, Jan 19 at 6:30 pm 📍 Saanich Municipal Hall or speak via Teams saanichca.primegov.com/Portal/Meeti...saanichca.primegov.comMeeting 063
Reposted by Homes For LivingJim Mayer 🇨🇦 @pentastich.bsky.social · 29/12/2025A @theglobeandmail.com editorial on the shaky basis of development charges. Usually we put special taxes on things we want less of, like cigarettes, and cut taxes on essentials, like groceries. There's a housing shortage and people need homes. #housing #yyj www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/39c067e...theglobeandmail.comDevelopment charges rest on a shaky foundationThe philosophy of ‘growth pays for growth’ no longer makes sense in the midst of a housing crisis 2125
Reposted by Homes For LivingCities of Lions @citiesoflions.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Who needs a village when you can have parking lots? 6603166
Reposted by Homes For LivingDave Thompson 🇨🇦 @davethompsonvic.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Sooo many homes have been built in recent decades why are they expensive? #housing #yyj (/s) 295
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 21/12/2025One way our members take housing action is by writing pro housing letters to the editor, like these published in Vic News today. If we want better housing outcomes, pro housing voices need to be just as visible, persistent, and loud as those opposed. Read, share & consider writing your own. 030
Reposted by Homes For LivingLeo Spalteholz @leospalteholz.bsky.social · 18/12/2025For those not following what is happening here: 1. Cities banned family friendly infill housing for decades 2. The province stepped in and forced them to stop blocking them 3. Some family friendly homes got built 4. Cities immediately panicked and moved to block them again Incredible 2135
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 10/12/2025“Build housing, stop complaining.” Councillor Dell is exactly right: BC is in a housing crisis. View Royal’s energy is better spent approving homes than launching legal challenges. Every municipality should be pulling for more housing & less delays. islandsocialtrends.ca/build-housin...islandsocialtrends.caBuild housing, stop complaining says Victoria Councillor Dell to View Royal - Island Social TrendsBuild housing, stop complaining says Victoria Councillor Dell to View Royal Council regarding aspects of their intention to challenge BC housing legislation. 081
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 05/12/2025📣 Oak Bay needs your pro-housing voice! The new OCP Bylaw 4942 could finally plan for 20 years of much-needed homes. 🗓 Dec 9, 6pm 📍 Monterey Rec Centre Or watch on Civic Web. Let’s speak up for more homes and a more welcoming Oak Bay. 🏡 oakbay.civicweb.net/Portal/Meeti...oakbay.civicweb.net Oak Bay - Meeting Information 051
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 30/11/2025Great analogy of why Bill M216 matters here from @ryanjabs.bsky.social. The Legislative Assembly is taking public input until Jan 6: consultation-portal.leg.bc.ca/consultations Let’s trust our highly educated, fully regulated professionals and get home costs down.consultation-portal.leg.bc.caLABC Consultation PortalWelcome to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia's Consultation Portal. Participate in public consultations, submit feedback, and share your views on key legislative matters. 151
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 28/11/2025Oak Bay has voted down yet another housing proposal 😞 As the applicant put it, “Uplands is not a museum… it is an early 20th century idea conceived in a cooler, much less crowded world.” It’s time for choices that reflect today’s reality, not 1920’s nostalgia. 2111
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 27/11/2025Thank you @robbotterell for raising the Sidney Emergency Warming Shelter Action in the legislature on December 6. Sidney has a workable solution on the table, and we hope this event helps council reconsider their decision. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oSM...youtube.comNov. 26, 2027 - MLA Botterell on emergency shelters in Sidney, and encampment sweeps across BCYouTube video by BC Green Caucus 172
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 23/11/2025“Homes for All” is the theme of this year’s Gingerbread Showcase Lots of great housing messages and examples of homes that should be legal everything Support our friends at Habitat for Humanity www.habitatvictoria.... 1114
Reposted by Homes For LivingAndrew Appleton @aaoakbay.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Hey all you community folks watching the Oak Bay OCP process- (I see you!) just a heads up that the public hearing will be pushed back a week- likely to the 9/10 of December. Date to be finalized next Monday. 082
Reposted by Homes For LivingLeo Spalteholz @leospalteholz.bsky.social · 19/11/2025One of my favourite things is looking for decades-old articles about housing in the newspaper. Most of them could be published word for word today and no one would even notice. But every year the problems from the housing shortage compound 1182
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 19/11/2025Different decade, same problem. Back then, the “boogeyman” for local residents was townhouses; today, it’s towers. I wonder how many of the people opposing the Quadra–McKenzie plan now are living in homes that were fiercely opposed in 1977. 2195
Reposted by Homes For LivingZac de Vries @zacdevries.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Saanich Council has approved 125 housing units at McKenzie and Rainbow. Close to transit, shops, parks,schools, and active transportation connections. A cantilevered sidewalk will make sure that we deliver a sidewalk AND protect 8 significant Garry Oaks while delivering the housing people need! 2244
Reposted by Homes For LivingGeorge Anderson @georgeandersonbc.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Grateful to receive support for Bill M216 from Homes for Living YYJ. A community housing advocacy group. “To meet affordability goals, we must ensure that it is faster and easier to build dense infill housing rather than suburban sprawl.” #bcpoli #Nanaimo #Lantzville #Victoriabc 0153
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 18/11/2025Not something most people would feel brave enough to speak about at a public hearing. Let’s keep all of these stories in mind when making housing decisions. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caReport reveals how domestic abusers weaponize B.C.'s housing crisis, calls for more legal aid | CBC NewsA legal group's interviews with survivors of intimate partner violence show that many stay in abusive relationships because they can't find affordable housing. Following the interviews, a report from ... 072
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 17/11/2025Our letter to BC MLAs in support of @georgeandersonbc.bsky.social's private members' bill to streamline housing approvals. 092
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 15/11/2025On Dec 6, representatives from St. Andrew Anglican Church, Greater Victoria Acting Together and Homes for Living are camping out to call for real action and have asked Mayor and Council to do the same. Join us + support the Backpack Project. www.timescolonist.com/local-news/c...timescolonist.comChurch challenges Sidney mayor to spend night outdoors after shelter plans nixedSt. Andrew Anglican Church members are planning to camp out at Beacon Avenue and Highway 17 to raise funds for a group that hands out aid to the homeless, and they want Sidney’s mayor and council to j... 1104
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 13/11/2025Powerful words from Saanich resident Amber Wright: “To those who believe in a more welcoming, inclusive future: it’s time to show up.” www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...timescolonist.comComment: Save Our Saanich encourages mob behaviour that silences voicesChange is coming. Will we face it with courage and compassion — or let the loudest voices decide our future for us? 1104
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 13/11/2025Missing middle in the fall 🍂🍁😍 #missingmiddle #urbanism #housing 0100
Reposted by Homes For LivingLeo Spalteholz @leospalteholz.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Municipal election year is coming up. Stay tuned for a lot of things coming from HFL. 063
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 11/11/2025Did you know Homes for Living has a newsletter? 🏡✨ ✔️ Check out our November issue here: bit.ly/47VZUBC ✔️ Sign up to get future issues: bit.ly/4qUd2zN ✔️ Explore past editions on our website: homesforliving.ca 140
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 29/10/2025Why! So disappointed in Colwood for denying 66 homes. Colwood Corners is designated for high-density development according to the 2018 Official Community Plan. What is the point of a community plan if everyone ignores it? #yyjpoli #yyjpolitics #colwood #hfl #homesforliving #housingcrisis 3325
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 09/10/2025Local municipalities, including Saanich and Esquimalt, have brought forward motions to add restrictions that making multi-family housing less viable. It’s encouraging to see the provincial government recognize this and implement measures to address it. news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...news.gov.bc.caIntroduction of housing and municipal affairs statutes amendment act, 2025Government introduced the housing and municipal affairs statutes amendment act, 2025 (Bill 25) to the legislative assembly on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. 071
Reposted by Homes For LivingJim Mayer 🇨🇦 @pentastich.bsky.social · 04/10/2025This is great! Every student that lives on campus takes pressure off of Victoria's rental market, and reduces commuting. The University has the land—they just need the money to build. Funding this UVic residence was a win-win decision, and one the province should keep repeating. #yyj 3215
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 03/10/2025Oak Bay is planning for 3,761 new homes over 20 years through its Official Community Plan update. Now is the time to speak up for more housing + a more inclusive community. Survey is open until October 14, 2025 connect.oakbay.ca/official-com...connect.oakbay.caOfficial Community Plan UpdateA community's vision for the future, the District of Oak Bay is updating our Official Community Plan and we want to hear from you. 0102
Reposted by Homes For Livingbntly @bntly.ca · 03/10/2025WITH THAT THE OCP HAS PASSED: Congrats Victoria :D #yyj #yyjpoli Kim, Loughton, Caradonna, Thompson, Alto in Favour! Coleman, Hammond, Gardiner in Opposition- . Dell is not in attendance. - now to Bylaws. 1141
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 02/10/2025Saanich is hosting two in-person open houses on the updated Shelbourne Valley Plan, including important plans for new housing and stronger, more connected communities. + You can still have your voice heard on housing & community planning through the online survey 🙂 hello.saanich.ca/en/projects/... 032
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 24/09/2025🚨 Have your say! 🚨 The Shelbourne Valley Action Plan survey is open until Oct. 13. This is your chance to weigh in on how Saanich plans for housing, transportation, and livability along Shelbourne. 👉 Take the survey here: bit.ly/3KgcUtEhello.saanich.ca 022
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 19/09/2025After another long night of Victoria’s OCP hearings, deliberations will resume Oct 2. James Bay was well represented; with many speakers warning the neighbourhood is already too dense. Con’t 120
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 17/09/2025We’ll soon know the outcome of Victoria’s new Official Community Plan. Thanks to all who spoke up for housing, including director Sam Holland, who put it plainly: “My entire generation is being displaced... doesn’t that matter more than character?” www.timescolonist.com/local-news/v...timescolonist.comVictoria OCP decision likely to come Thursday, after lengthy public hearingsMonday night’s session reflected a growing generational divide on the draft plan, as well as James Bay residents’ frustration with carrying the burden of densification. 1133
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 20/08/2025This is an interesting metric! “cars occupy nearly 98 per cent of road space, even though they account for only about 95 per cent of trips” www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/cha... Found via @pentastich.bsky.social #urbanismmcgill.caStudy finds Montreal cycling infrastructure doesn’t match demandBike lanes, BIXI stations and other micromobility infrastructure make up just two per cent of Montreal’s street space – even in neighbourhoods where cycling demand would justify more – according to a ... 020
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 20/08/2025Are different areas in Greater Vic pulling their weight to get us out of the housing crisis? A member on our discord made an awesome visualization to help find out 👷: @elizapallas.bsky.social 051
Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 05/08/2025The road to a housing crisis is paved with good intentions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvT...youtube.comThe Problem With Left-Wing NIMBYismThis video is about left-wing NIMBYism — “not in my backyard” opposition to new housing that appeals to language of affordability and inclusivity or skeptici... 170