Value-Added Housing
PROJECT OVERVIEW
Renewable Cities is supporting the transition to low carbon, more affordable housing on public and non-profit land in B.C and beyond. Value-Added Housing are innovative housing developments that converge affordability, climate action and economic transition. They support mixed-use, multi-unit housing with low embodied carbon and are built on strategically located land near transit and jobs.
CASE STUDIES: BUILDING AFFORDABLE, CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SOCIALLY CONNECTED INNOVATIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS
Housing affordability, livability, climate adaptation and social isolation are growing issues in B.C. and beyond. Innovative housing developments hold great potential in harnessing strategically located, under-utilized land to build mixed-use, multi-unit housing to address these interconnected issues.
Renewable Cities engaged with seven public and non-profit communities who redeveloped their land to include mixed-use, multi-unit housing alongside community infrastructure to inform these case studies.
These case studies aim to amplify the opportunities associated with land redevelopment for mixed-use housing projects on public and non-profit lands and to connect groups who are considering similar projects. These cases studies demonstrate the potential that innovative housing developments have in building more affordable, socially connected and climate resilient housing in B.C. and beyond. They provide practical examples of challenges, lessons learned and best practices, along with recommendations to non-market landowners and different levels of government to enable more housing developments of this kind.
Recommendations from these cases studies are being shared with the Province of British Columbia’s BC Builds program.
CHECK OUT THE INDIVIDUAL CASE STUDIES BELOW
Non-profit case studies:
Public land case studies:
