FALSE CREEK SOUTH TOPIC WORKSHOP 4: Housing Saturday, January 13, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

FALSE CREEK SOUTH TOPIC WORKSHOP 4: Housing Saturday, January 13, 2018 | False Creek Elementary School 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

1 Welcome 2

TODAY’S OUTLINE 1. Introd 1. oduc uctions ons 2. 2. Backgrou ound nd + Ro Role le of the Worksho hops ps 3. History 3. y + T Tenur ure e Tour 4. 4. Housing ing Demogr graph aphic ics 5. 5. CoV Housi sing ng Strategy * * * BRE REAK * * * 6. 6. Discus ussion ion 7. 7. Clo losin ing g

FALSE CREEK SOUTH In Intro roducti duction ons: *Re RePla lan, comm mmit itte tee e of Fals lse Cre reek South Neig ighbourh urhoo ood Associa iatio tion n • Mission is to create a dialogue with the City of Vancouver to establish a process to preserve and enhance the False Creek South community beyond lease end, enabling the community to evolve and diversify in a way that is sustainable for existing residents and the City of Vancouver.

FALSE CREEK SOUTH Workshop Series We A Are Here 7

FALSE CREEK SOUTH Workshop Series We A Are Here • Explore community values • Identify issues • Share ideas 6

FALSE CREEK SOUTH 7

FALSE CREEK SOUTH 8

FALSE CREEK SOUTH Phase 1 “Community Edge” 9 9

FALSE CREEK SOUTH PARALLEL WORK STREAMS:

2 Background + Role of Workshops 11

FALSE CREEK SOUTH Workshop Objective What is important about Ho Hous usin ing g in False Creek South, and why? why

FALSE CREEK SOUTH What We’ve Heard – Sample of Emerging Principles • Importance of sec ecurit rity y of t f ten enure re for existing residents and urgency of lease renewal • Need for smaller, accessible units and dive verse se housi sing ng option ons to enable aging in community • Inter eres est t to bring ng new ew res esiden ents s into the neighbourhood, including families and local workers • Mixed tenures and mixed-income housing has created a strong, ng, hea ealthy thy and connecte ected community nity 13

4 Icebreaker 14

BREAKOUT DISCUSSION #1 • Introduce yourselves • Your interest in attending this workshop 15

Housing History & Tenure Tour 16

COMMUNITY BUILDING Participatory community planning methods were employed in the early 1970s in order to ensure a mixture of tenure, income levels, and building/unit styles to be constructed on the site. • Early designs for the area were based on community charettes led by architect Stanley King Apartment buildings in False Creek South, 1983, CVA 780-497 • The diversity of housing units represent a desire to ensure that the new development was welcoming to a range of residents, including lower income citizens and families • The 1974 Official Development Plan helped establish Vancouver as a leader in the providing social and market housing located in central areas. • Planning of the area was related to the budding concept of “Vancouverism” promoting the livability of inner-city districts Island Park Walk along False Creek South, 1986, CVA 775-64

PRINCIPLES + OBJECTIVES False Creek Public Objectives 1973 • Variety ety of People ple Age, Households + Income • Variety ety of Uses es Residential, Commercial, Recreational + Marinas • Variety ety of Tenure ure • Variety ety of Place ces s and Views • Reta tain and Clea ean Up Water er Area • Remo move e Indust stries es • Minimize ze Vehicles cles – Maximi mize ze Transit sit + Pede dest strian ans • Conti ntinui uity ty of Walkway ays s and Water erfront front Walkway ay

FCS UNDER CONSTRUCTION

LAND USE

MIX OF INCOMES False Cre reek Incom ome e Mix Goal - 1972 (19 1976)  Higher her 33 1/3 15,000+ (19,000+)  Middle le 10,000 – 15,000 (12,000 - 19,000) 33 1/3  Lower er 0 – 10,000 (0 – 12,000) 33 1/3

HOUSEHOLD MIX l - 1974 Fals lse Cre reek House seho hold ld Mi Mix Goal  Family ly 25%  Elder erly ly 25%  Young g Coupl ple e / Mature ure Couple le 33 1/3 15%  Single le 35%

NUMBER OF BEDROOMS AND HOUSING BY TYPE

DIVERSE & AFFORDABLE HOUSING

FCS TENURE TOUR 25

Tell us a bit about yourself … • How did you come to live in FCS? • How did it compare to initial expectations? • Tell us what living in your community means to you? • Tell us what living in your particular tenure means to you? • How does your tenure contribute to the community mix in False Creek South? 26

CO-OP TENURE TOUR 27

Tenure Tour: CO-OP • 5 Co-ops on leased land. Total l Units ts: : 614 • Majority on 40 – 60 year leases. • Incorporated under the Co-op Act of BC to deliver affordable housing. • Self-managed with major decisions made by the members. • Came into existence via operating agreements with CMHC.

STRATA LEASEHOLD TENURE TOUR 29

Tenure Tour: STRATA LEASEHOLD • 13 strata leasehold buildings on city land Total l units ts: : 668 • City is the leasehold landlord for each leasehold tenant. • Regulated under the BC Strata Property Act.

SOCIAL HOUSING TENURE TOUR 31

Tenure Tour: Non-profit/Social Housing/Community Care Facilities • Kiwanis Fairview Manor • Clarke Manor • Wellington Apartments • Van Coevereden Court Total l Units ts: : 319 • Broadway Lodge • False Creek Residences for Independent Living Society Total l Units ts: : 140

OTHER TENURES TENURE TOUR 33

Do we have any participants from: • Freehold Strata • Live-aboard Co-op • Rental (market) • Co-op (market/non-city land) 34

FCS Housing Profile 35

POPULATION GROWTH FCS Populat lation ion Growt owth 1981-2016 16 7000 6000 5000 Population 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 Year Source: Statistics Canada Census data (Census Tract 0049.02, 2016)

POPULATION CHANGE 2011-2016 **FCS population change lower than Fairview and city- wide average at 3%

AGE PROFILE Population of False Creek South by Age Group (1981-2016) 60 50 48 Percentage 40 30 32 31 1981 26 2016 25 20 16 13 10 9 0 0 - 19 20 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Age Source: Statistics Canada Census data (Census Tract 0049.02, 2016)

HOUSING MIX OBJECTIVES There are fewer families today in False Creek South*, more couples , and many more singles . Household Mix 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 False Creek South 40% 40% 29% 28% 26% 23% 22% Families with children Target: 25%** Metro Vancouver 43% 43% 43% 44% 46% 46% 45% False Creek South 19% 20% 23% 24% 27% 28% 28% Couples, no children Target 25%** Metro Vancouver 26% 25% 26% 25% 25% 25% 26% False Creek South 38% 38% 43% 41% 44% 46% 46% Singles Target 35%** Metro Vancouver 27% 27% 27% 27% 28% 28% 28% *Custom data order, 2011 **Note: The ODP also included a target for Senior Families at 15%. However, there is no data to assess the current or historical proportions, as ‘senior families’ is not a metric profiled in the census. Data is available for individual seniors only.

INCOME MIX OBJECTIVES False Creek South* maintains very similar household income group proportions with both Metro Vancouver and the City of Vancouver. 1981 Income Groups 2016 Income Groups* 100% 100% 90% 90% 29.0% 30.0% 31% 35% 35% 37.0% 80% 80% 70% 70% 16% 60% 60% 21.0% 22.0% 17% 18% 22.0% 50% 50% 22% 40% 40% 22% 20% 26.0% 26.0% 30% 30% 22.0% 20% 20% 31% 27% 27% 24.0% 10% 22.0% 10% 19.0% 0% 0% FCS Metro Vancouver FCS Metro City of Vancouver High (>$100,000) High >$30,000 High-middle $20,000-$29,999 High-Middle ($70,000 - $99,999) Low-middle $10,000-$19,999 Low-Middle ($40,000 - Low 0-$9,999 $69,999) *income groups adjusted for inflation

SUMMARY + OBSERVATIONS • The populat lation on in F FCS has remai ained ed relati ativel vely stabl ble, e, with Vancouver’s population growing at a faster rate in recent years The curr rren ent t populat lation on is aging, g, there re are e more e singles s and • coupl ple e and fewer wer families ies The propor portio ion of higher r and lower er income e househ ehold olds s has • increa rease sed d over r time, , with a smaller er propor portion on of middle e income e househ ehol olds ds similar ar to the tren end d in the City and region ion • FCS’s existing housing stock is family -friendl friendly, y, with 70% of un units being ng 2+ 2+ bedroom drooms, s, prov ovidi ding ng oppor ortun tunities ities for fami milies es to live in townhouse, se, rowho whouse se, , and apar artm tmen ent form rms s in a compl plete ete community ty • As the populat lation on continues es to age, e, there re is a need d for r addit itional onal acc ccess essibl ble, e, one-be bedro drooms oms or other er housing g appro propriate priate for aging g in community. y.

5 Housing Vancouver 42

Overview Provide you with an snapshot of Vancouver’s housing challenges, the cities new ambitious housing strategy and provoke thought on applications to FCS and what FCS can teach.

1 Housing challenges 44

The Challenges are many and complex 2

Our Housing Crisis: Global, National, and Regional