Housing

Vernon City Council passes motion to align city bylaws with ALC

Happy to announce my friends Sondra & Lee Watkins are not going to be fined going forward. Vernon City Council passed a motion to align city bylaws with the ALC in regards to RVs as third dwellings. The revised bylaw will take time to be completed & fully passed but in the meantime no further […]

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Homes for People – also in Coldstream

The BC Government has the Homes for People Plan that will be impacting municipalities including areas such as housing supply targets, fourplexes on single family lots, tougher rules on short term rentals, and legalization of secondary suites province wide among other items. We are in a housing crisis. I was speaking to the letter Coldstream

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“I say that’s a load of poop”

So they say it’s because they don’t have a poop plant? I say that’s a load of poop. I think it’s as they’ve consistently stated they don’t want to have multi housing. Sewer extensions are able to be done with treatment provided by Vernon so I’m not sure the issue. ‘Rural living at its best‘

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RVs before council again

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I’m glad that we are finally starting to acknowledge the effects that changing regulation can have by simply pushing people around which just makes things worse for everyone. Read the article on Castanet:A report of what to do with RVs parked on City of Vernon streets will be presented to council Mondayhttps://www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/395746/RVs-before-council-again Join the conversation

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