Community Excellence Awards

Contributor: Whistler (Resort Municipality)

Year: 2018

Category: Governance

Short Description:
Affordable housing is one of the Whistler community's biggest current concerns. In 2016, as part of Whistler's Affordable Housing Program a Task Force on Resident Housing was formed.

Last Reviewed: May 2, 2019, 2:33 pm

Detailed Description:
Affordable housing is one of the Whistler community's biggest current concerns. In 2016, as part of Whistler's Affordable Housing Program a Task Force on Resident Housing was formed. The task force has the clear and ambitious goal to facilitate the creation of more than 1000 resident-restricted beds within five years. Deicision-making has been driven first and foremost by the involvement of community stakeholders. Through this collaboration, a multi-pronged approach was recommended to address the diverse current realities of Whistler's resort partners, local businesses, Whistler's workforce and residents. Over the past two years, several recommendations were adopted including building resident-restricted housing on municipal lands; the Home Run program, matching resort businesses with property owners; and a review of residential home use for Tourism Accommodation. Most recently an infill housing strategy and review process for private resident-restricted housing proposals were also adopted moving the program closer to its 1000 bed target.