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Burnaby initiative wants your thoughts on easing the housing crisis

The City of Burnaby has launched a community outreach project to go along with its Mayor鈥檚 Task Force on Community Housing. The city announced this week the Your Voice.
Chris Campbell
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The City of Burnaby has launched a community outreach project to go along with its Mayor鈥檚 Task Force on Community Housing.

The city announced this week the Your Voice. Your Home: Meeting the Housing Needs of Burnaby Residents聽鈥� designed to complement the housing task force by gathering community input.

鈥淭his new initiative provides an opportunity for residents to get involved, and share their concerns and ideas on this very complex issue of affordable housing,鈥� Mayor Mike Hurley said in a news release. 鈥淎fter all, this is your home and we want to hear your voice and thoughts on how we can make our city more livable 鈥� now and in the future.鈥�

罢丑别听Your Voice. Your Home.聽initiative will take place in two phases:

Phase 1 focuses on generating ideas and gathering information from housing advocacy groups and residents, with the following details and timelines:

  • Online housing survey with deadline of Sunday, March 10;
  • Community Ideas Workshop on Wednesday, March 6;
  • Publication of a report summarizing ideas collected from Burnaby residents and stakeholders at the end of Phase 1 for the Task Force鈥檚 review.

Phase 2 centers on evaluating various potential housing approaches and their respective trade-offs, with the following details and timelines:

  • Online (second) survey on immediate actions that can be taken on community housing;
  • Community Recommendations Workshop on Saturday, May 25;
  • Publication of a report at the end of Phase 2 for the review and consideration of the Task Force.

Following these community engagement activities and reports, City of Burnaby Council and staff will develop an action plan to move forward on solutions for community housing.

More information, including the Phase 1 survey and workshop registration, can be found at聽. The survey for Phase 2 will be made available in the coming weeks.

The next meeting of the housing task force is on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 4 p.m. at the Shadbolt centre. The Feb. 13 meeting was cancelled due to snowfall.

For the full list of task force meetings in 2019, click .