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Housing study finds up to 180 units needed By Greg Nesteroff Nelson Star
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Lauren Cantarutti graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from the University of British Columbia Okanagan in June 2014. The J.L. Crowe graduate is the daughter of Brian and Sandy Cantarutti and her proud grandparents Gerry and Gloria Berryman and Dorothy and the late Bruno Cantarutti. Lauren is currently working as an RN in the medical unit at Kelowna General Hospital.
Nelson could use another 110 to 180 housing units to meet the demands of various groups struggling to find affordable places to live, according to a consultant’s report. The update to a 2010 housing needs assessment, which incorporates new demographic and economic data, was presented to council Monday along with a separate document outlining 20 steps the city can take. The reports, which relied on census data, rental listings, Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation statistics, and interviews with a variety of local agencies, identified six groups facing the greatest challenges finding housing: at-risk youth and young adults; lowincome seniors and seniors in rural areas;
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low-income families; people with mental health and additions issues; people with disabilities; and the homeless and those at risk of homelessness. The greatest demand was found among low-income seniors and seniors in rural areas, where 20 to 35 private-market rental unit and ten to 15 affordable family units are needed. Up to 130 additional units are required to satisfy the combined demand from the other groups. The study found that in the last five years, rental rates in Nelson have increased $550 per year for a bachelor suite, $840 for a one-bedroom
apartment, and nearly $1,000 for a two-bedroom apartment. However, the vacancy rate has “alleviated to a small degree” since 2009, when it was below 1.5 per cent. As of April, it stood at 4.3 per cent for bachelor units, 2.3 per cent for onebedrooms, and 2.4 per cent for two-bedrooms. The overall rate is 2.6 per cent. (A market is considered balanced at three per cent.) Compared to the provincial average, Nelson’s housing stock is substantially older and more in need of repair. The city also has a higher percentage of renters compared to the rest of BC.
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