Just shy of half of Penticton香蕉视频直播檚 renters are paying 30 per cent or more of household incomes on shelters, according to recent census data, which could mean more work ahead for city hall than previously thought.
The Housing Needs Assessment commissioned by the city, conducted by Urbanics Consultants out of Vancouver, was presented to council at a June 6 committee of the whole meeting, which took a deep dive into deficiencies in Penticton香蕉视频直播檚 housing market.
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That report, taking data from the 2011 census, indicates 34.4 per cent of Penticton香蕉视频直播檚 non-farm, non-reserve rental households were spending 30 per cent or more of their income on shelter, so the latest census data comes as a sharp increase.
According to the data, released last week, 49.4 per cent of households are now at that 30-per-cent threshold. Meanwhile, just 16.3 per cent of owners are hitting that threshold, despite the city香蕉视频直播檚 red-hot real estate market and rising cost of housing.
City of Penticton special projects manager Ben Johnson said he wasn香蕉视频直播檛 able to comment specifically on the new data, having not seen the numbers, yet, but he wasn香蕉视频直播檛 too shocked that there was a hike.
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The Urbanics report shows a vacancy rate of one to two per cent in Penticton, also noting the rapidly rising cost of rent. An even higher percentage of Penticton residents were living in 香蕉视频直播渃ore need香蕉视频直播� according to that report. Core need includes those who live in overcrowded or under-maintained spaces, and accounted for just over 37 per cent of renters.
According to a Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation release last year, 26.4 per cent of Canadian households overall were considered within the core housing need in 2011, well below Penticton香蕉视频直播檚 rate.
This year香蕉视频直播檚 data release is of scant difference, with Penticton香蕉视频直播檚 49.4-per-cent rate paying 30 per cent or more on shelter going unmatched by the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (47.3 per cent), B.C. (43.3) and Canada (40). The RDOS rate appears to be largely carried by Penticton, with Osoyoos and Oliver both around the 40-per-cent mark or under. Princeton is a little higher at 45 per cent.
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Penticton香蕉视频直播檚 rate also tops Kelowna香蕉视频直播檚, at 46.9 per cent, Vancouver香蕉视频直播檚 (44.3), Nelson香蕉视频直播檚 (47.2) and Victoria香蕉视频直播檚 (45.9).
Development services director Anthony Haddad pointed to some of the efforts by the city to address the tight housing market, particularly looking at a recent data release by the city, which shows upward of 1,000 units approved since 2014, about 70 per cent of which were multi-family housing projects.
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With the Urbanics report released late spring this year, the city had acknowledged early on an update would be required as more census data was released.
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