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The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) and its partner communities – Kaslo, Salmo, Nakusp, Silverton, and Slocan – are updating the Regional Housing Needs Report, which was originally completed in 2020.
The first legislative requirements for housing needs reports were established in 2019, and required local governments to collect data, analyze trends and present reports that describe current and anticipated housing needs. RDCK and its partner communities at that time – Creston, Kaslo, Nakusp, Nelson, New Denver, Salmo, Silverton, and Slocan – completed a Housing Needs Assessment in September 2020.
In June 2024, the Province updated legislative requirements for Housing Needs Reports. All local governments are required to complete an ‘interim’ Housing Needs Report that includes new information on the updated requirements. Following the completion of the interim Report, all local governments must complete ‘regular’ Housing Needs Reports in 2028 and every 5 years thereafter.
To meet these new requirements, the RDCK Electoral Areas and its current partner communities are completing a Housing Needs Report Update. This update will contain all information required by legislation and should remain relevant until the next release of Census data, projected for 2027 or 2028.
The RDCK Regional Summary Report, Village Reports (Kaslo, Salmo, Nakusp, Silverton and Slocan), and Electoral Area Summary Report will be completed by January 1, 2025, and published to the RDCK website for the public to view.
A Housing Needs Assessment is a report that describes current and anticipated housing needs in a community by collecting data, analyzing trends and speaking with community members. Local Governments are required to develop a Housing Needs Report every five years to better inform and understand the kind of housing most needed in their communities by identifying existing and projected gaps in housing supply.
All housing needs reports were initially required to contain the following, based on an analysis of the information collected:
As of June 2024, the Interim Housing Needs Reports, and all future Housing Needs Reports, are required to include three new pieces of information:
For more information visit: Housing Needs Reports
The Regional District of Central Kootenay and its partner communities – Creston, Kaslo, Nakusp, Nelson, New Denver, Salmo, Silverton, and Slocan – completed a Housing Needs Assessment in September 2020. Final reports for the 2020 assessment are linked below:
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