The False Creek South Community Housing Trust (FCS CHT) was incorporated in 2021 after an extensive period of community input and research. The initial research phase was funded in 2016 and 2019 by the Real Estate Foundation of BC.
After a relatively dormant period, the FCS CHT re-launched activities in 2024, […]
Robyn Chan (Project Manager) and Sarah Brown (Community Planning Assistant), supported by RePlan’s volunteer Leadership Group, Co-op Authorized Working Group, and Community Planning Group, have had a busy year, focusing on increasing outreach into the community, re-establishing connections with the City of Vancouver, and managing two grant-funded projects.
From Brenda Bailey (NDP):
The BC NDP is committed to tackle the housing crisis our province is facing. It is, and has been, a top priority.
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December 2, 2023
The Province has proposed legislation to fast-track housing density near transit hubs. The legislation enables residential buildings with minimum heights of up to 20 storeys within 200 metres of a transit station.
Additionally, the City of Vancouver is expanding the mandate of the […]
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The False Creek South Community Housing Trust (FCS CHT) is a community-founded, community-based organization created to deliver and sustain affordable housing and non-profit facilities to both enhance the False Creek South neighbourhood and benefit residents of the City of Vancouver.
Rationale:
The US civil rights movement of the 1960s spawned the first housing trust as a way to separate land ownership from housing and therefore create more affordability in perpetuity. A non-profit trust is able to keep a lid on land prices by keeping the land out of the market.
Since this beginning, the number of […]
