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We are a group of community volunteers taking action to make Greater Victoria more affordable for renters & home owners. Join us online & on Discord today! #yyj

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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 14/05/2026
Bollards near a school in Ireland designed to look like pencils 🤓 #urbanism #design
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 10/04/2026
This is the way. Once single stair is legalized for part 9 buildings, these could also be 3 floors
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 19/03/2026
Hoping we follow suit!
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 28/02/2026
How 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
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 27/02/2026
Coming up on Saturday! Join us!
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 27/02/2026
For 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!
Rental vacancy rate in the city of Victoria vs Langford, showing a sharper increase in the vacancy rate in Langford as more rental homes became available in Victoria
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 19/02/2026
BC 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 #urbanism
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'Catastrophic' decision to scrap affordable rental program leaves projects in limbo | CBC News
The 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...
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 11/02/2026
HFL 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...)
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Home - Coldest Night of the Year 2026 Canada
The 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...
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 02/02/2026
Should be an uncontroversial win for affordability 🙏 saanichnews.com/2026/02/01/s...
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Saanich leads pushes for more accessible elevators in B.C. buildings - Saanich News
New elevator standards would improve housing accessibility and affordability, says Saanich councillor
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 14/01/2026
Council 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...
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Meeting
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 09/01/2026
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Jim Mayer 🇨🇦 @pentastich.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
A @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...
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Development charges rest on a shaky foundation
The philosophy of ‘growth pays for growth’ no longer makes sense in the midst of a housing crisis
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Cities of Lions @citiesoflions.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Who needs a village when you can have parking lots?
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Dave Thompson 🇨🇦 @davethompsonvic.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Sooo many homes have been built in recent decades why are they expensive? #housing #yyj (/s)
Chart showing homes per capita completions declining over 7 decades
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 21/12/2025
One 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.
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Leo Spalteholz @leospalteholz.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
For 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
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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...
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Build housing, stop complaining says Victoria Councillor Dell to View Royal - Island Social Trends
Build housing, stop complaining says Victoria Councillor Dell to View Royal Council regarding aspects of their intention to challenge BC housing legislation.
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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...
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Oak Bay - Meeting Information
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 30/11/2025
Great 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.
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LABC Consultation Portal
Welcome to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia's Consultation Portal. Participate in public consultations, submit feedback, and share your views on key legislative matters.
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 28/11/2025
Oak 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.
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 27/11/2025
Thank 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...
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Nov. 26, 2027 - MLA Botterell on emergency shelters in Sidney, and encampment sweeps across BC
YouTube video by BC Green Caucus
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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....
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Andrew Appleton @aaoakbay.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Hey 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.
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Leo Spalteholz @leospalteholz.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
One 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
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 19/11/2025
Different 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.
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Zac de Vries @zacdevries.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Saanich 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!
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George Anderson @georgeandersonbc.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Grateful 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
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 18/11/2025
Not 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/...
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Report reveals how domestic abusers weaponize B.C.'s housing crisis, calls for more legal aid | CBC News
A 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 ...
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 17/11/2025
Our letter to BC MLAs in support of @georgeandersonbc.bsky.social's private members' bill to streamline housing approvals.
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 15/11/2025
On 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...
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Church challenges Sidney mayor to spend night outdoors after shelter plans nixed
St. 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...
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 13/11/2025
Powerful 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...
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Comment: Save Our Saanich encourages mob behaviour that silences voices
Change is coming. Will we face it with courage and compassion — or let the loudest voices decide our future for us?
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 13/11/2025
Missing middle in the fall 🍂🍁😍 #missingmiddle #urbanism #housing
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Leo Spalteholz @leospalteholz.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Municipal election year is coming up. Stay tuned for a lot of things coming from HFL.
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 11/11/2025
Did 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
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 29/10/2025
Why! 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
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 22/10/2025
Love to see it 😍
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 12/10/2025
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 09/10/2025
Local 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...
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Introduction of housing and municipal affairs statutes amendment act, 2025
Government introduced the housing and municipal affairs statutes amendment act, 2025 (Bill 25) to the legislative assembly on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025.
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Jim Mayer 🇨🇦 @pentastich.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
This 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
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 03/10/2025
Oak 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...
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Official Community Plan Update
A community's vision for the future, the District of Oak Bay is updating our Official Community Plan and we want to hear from you.
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bntly @bntly.ca · 03/10/2025
WITH 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.
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 02/10/2025
Saanich 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/...
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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/3KgcUtE
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 19/09/2025
After 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
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 17/09/2025
We’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...
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Victoria OCP decision likely to come Thursday, after lengthy public hearings
Monday 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.
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 05/09/2025
A great take on this 🙏
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 20/08/2025
This 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 #urbanism
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Study finds Montreal cycling infrastructure doesn’t match demand
Bike 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 ...
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 20/08/2025
Are 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
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Homes For Living @homesforliving.ca · 05/08/2025
The road to a housing crisis is paved with good intentions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvT...
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The Problem With Left-Wing NIMBYism
This video is about left-wing NIMBYism — “not in my backyard” opposition to new housing that appeals to language of affordability and inclusivity or skeptici...
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