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Province Releases Refreshed Housing Plan
CHBA BC
 As hinted at in Budget 2023, the BC Government released the details of the province’s updated housing plan entitled, Home for People, this week. Building off the 30-point housing plan from 2019, this new plan reorients the province’s housing strategy to address new barriers as well as underlying, persistent challenges that are preventing and slowing the delivery of housing.
Most relevant to the home building members of CHBA BC are the actions found under pillar one, Unlocking more homes faster, which identifies a series of steps that will be taken to address restrictive municipal zoning bylaws and slow, arduous permitting processes. Much of this work was previously announced and well underway in consultation with CHBA BC, but with added detail on the timing of work and enabling legislation.
The full plan is available here.
In case you missed it, CHBA CEO Neil Moody joined CBC Radio’s, On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko to discuss the Provincial Association’s reaction to the Homes for People plan and what impact the actions might have on speeding up the delivery of new homes.
You can listen to the full interview here.
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Homes for People Plan Reaction from the Okanagan
CASTANET
Reaction to the announcement of the Homes for People plan is coming in from around the province with local associations assessing what impact the actions included in the plan will have on their regions.
As CHBA BC President, Cassidy deVeer explained to CASTANET news in Kelowna, developing a range of housing options, speeding up the permitting process and cutting development cost charges are vital for the growing Okanagan region.
“We can’t just have condos. We can’t just have large single-family homes. We definitely need the missing middle.” said deVeer. Being able to build a fourplex without having to spend an entire year going through a development process is going to be massive for getting more housing built.”
The full story and video are available on the CASTANET website.
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Last Chance to Register: ReHousing Neighbourhoods - Missing Middle Housing
CHBA BC
There's still time to register for CHBA BC's upcoming webinar on the ReHousing research project, which explores how to convert single-family homes into multi-unit housing and supports zoning reform to allow multiplexes across Toronto’s residential neighbourhoods.
We're expecting a vibrant and engaging discussion between the ReHousing project team and attendees, including home builders, building officials, designers and researchers.
The project’s jurisdictional scan includes the City of Vancouver and the City of Victoria’s missing middle initiatives. A housing catalogue, available at www.rehousing.ca, shows over 50 examples of “missing little” densification as renovations, additions and new construction floor plans for typical house types across the city.
ReHousing is a collaboration between the University of Toronto Daniel’s Faculty of Architecture and LGA Architectural Partners, funded by the Neptis Foundation.
Webinar Details:
Topic: ReHousing Neighbourhoods - Missing Middle Housing
Time: Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Time: 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time
Location: Online (Zoom)
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LIMITED-TIME OFFER. Become a Coast Capital business member and get up to $400 cash*, plus up to $450 in waived account fees* to support your business. If you’re a trades business, get approved for a line of credit in as little as 30 minutes. *Conditions apply.
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UBCM Summitt Aims to Identify Solutions for Improving Housing Affordability and Attainability
CHBA BC
 This week, the UBCM held its Housing BC Together Summit, bringing together three levels of government, First Nations leadership; not-for-profit leaders; and industry to discuss how they intend to work together to get housing delivered.
CHBA BC staff were on hand to participate in engaging discussion throughout the two days, which included much talk about the BC Government’s Home for People plan.
HAVAN staff participated in panel discussions on Wednesday, including CEO Ron Rapp who addressed the home building industry’s perspective during the Housing and Local Government Finance Session.
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Excitement Is Building for the 2023 Georgie Awards Gala
CHBA BC
 The Georgie Awards have done it again! This week, B.C.’s most prestigious homebuilding, renovation, and real estate awards were named a finalist for the Canadian Event Awards in the Best Event by an Association Board or Committee category. You can check out all the finalists here.
The 2023 awards will feature nearly 50 categories grouped into six focus areas: Residential Construction – New; Residential Construction – Renovation; Interior Design, Merchandising and Landscaping; Sales and Marketing; Special Achievement Awards; Grand Georgie Awards®.
Check out our trailer for the 2023 awards here on YouTube.
All the details on the 2023 Georgie Awards including a link to purchase tickets for the May 20 gala are available at georgieawards.ca.
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Have You Heard CHBA BC now has Complete BC Energy Step Code Training?
CHBA BC
 Your BC Energy Step Code training is now all in one place as CHBA BC has the full suite of courses available to meet BC Housing's requirements.
All eight modules are available for registration:
Module 1: Overview and Requirements
Module 2: Meeting the BC Energy Step Code by Design
Module 3: Building Science for the BC Energy Step Code
Module 4: Building Envelope Options for the BC Energy Step Code
Module 5: Airtightness
Module 6: Mechanical Systems
Module 7: Quality Assurance/Quality Control
Module 8: Project Management
For a limited time, enroll in all 8 modules at once as part of a course bundle, and receive $400 off. Offer valid until June 30, 2023.
Reminder: effective October 1st, 2022, all general contractors are required to demonstrate an understanding of building to Step 3 of the BC Energy Step Code.
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Coming to the Okanagan and Vancouver Island: Mind the Gap: Preventing failures in HVAC and Airtightness
CHBA BC
7.5 CPD points
CHBA BC is bringing our popular Mind the Gap: Preventing failures in HVAC and Airtightness training session to the Okanagan in April and Vancouver Island in May.
This one-day course will take a deeper dive into the BC Energy Step Code metrics for Part 9 buildings and how to achieve Step 3 and higher through design and building techniques to build better and minimize costs. The content will focus on practical strategies for effective design, proper selection and installation of mechanical systems, and airtightness. Using real-world examples and different housing archetypes from local climates, we will examine why some projects fail while others pass easily.
The course will include an onsite component at the end of the day. Using a local real-world onsite home, the class will participate in a blower door test. This will include hands-on preparation for the test, highlighting common problem areas as well as strategies for improvement and repairs. This session will also discuss airtightness best practice and strategies for renovations.
Dates available:
April 28 – Kelowna, BC
May 4 – Victoria, BC
May 5 – Nanaimo, BC
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Reaching Future Performance Targets Using Fundamental Enclosure Concepts (Nelson)
CHBA BC
This one-day training is designed for both new and seasoned Part 9 Residential builders for gaining hands-on experience with high-performance air and water barrier membrane installation and building the fundamental knowledge required to be successful in evaluating and implementing high-performance enclosure design demanded by current and future code requirements.
- Gain hands-on experience with high-performance air and water barrier membrane installation detailing known to improve efficiency, increase durability, and reduce installation costs.
- Build the fundamental knowledge required to be successful in evaluating and implementing high-performance enclosure design demanded by current and future code requirements.
- Learn cutting-edge renewable detailing approaches that can be implemented on even today’s projects.
*Do you have a project manager or subcontractor that would benefit from this session? If so, group rates are available:
2 registrations: $249 per person
3+ registrations: $199 per person
CHBA BC members receive an additional 25% off the above prices. Please contact us at [email protected] to find out more.
Date: May 11, 2023
Time: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: Prestige Lakeside Resort and Convention Centre - 701 Lakeside Dr., Nelson
7 CPD points
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