Housing Needs Reports

Housing needs reports are a way for communities to better understand their current and future housing needs. These reports can help identify existing and projected gaps in housing supply by collecting and analyzing quantitative and qualitative information about local demographics, economics, housing stock, and other factors. A housing needs report is critical to developing a housing strategy or action plan.

Local governments are required by provincial legislation to develop housing needs reports by:

• Collecting information to identify current and projected housing needs;
• Using that information to prepare and publish an online housing needs report which shows current and projected housing needs for at least the next five years, and;
• Considering the most recently collected information and housing needs report when amending official community plans and regional growth strategies.