Tell the city your thoughts on its plan to create a “one-stop shop” for developing affordable rental housing.
Burnaby is well underway in its quest to create a corporation to develop and build affordable housing.The city is hosting an online open house on Tuesday, Aug. 15, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. for the public to learn more about the plan to create the Burnaby Housing Authority .
Kozak said the housing authority would speed up the development approvals process compared with the drawn-out approvals process applicants might typically face at a city department. Kozak said the project's next steps will include determining what will be endowed to the housing corporation.During the corporation’s first years, the board will include a majority of council members and city representatives “to strengthen oversight of the use of city assets provided to the BHA,” according to a June staff report.
While the city expects to see the BHA as a corporate entity set up by the end of this year, Kozak said it’ll be at least another year before shovels break ground on the first BHA-built apartment building.
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