FAQs

A Housing Strategy identifies a set of strategies and actions to improve housing in the community.

Find out more at our Housing Page.

The four key directions of the Housing Strategy align with section 3.6.3 Attainable Housing in the Official Community Plan (OCP), which defines attainable housing as a supply of housing that is affordable, has diverse types and tenures, including emergency shelters, social housing, and affordable housing, and works to remove barriers people face when seeking to attain housing.

Housing Strategy – Four Key Directions:

1. Create more opportunities for non-market housing. 
2. Protect and increase market rental housing.
3. Support under-served demographic needs.
4. Create more housing diversity.

Found out more at our Housing Page.

Community input provides important insights on how people use West Kelowna parks and identifies priorities for the future. 

You can also stay involved by:

• Visiting the project pages on www.OurWK.ca/housing and subscribing to the project email list
• Watching for updates on our social media
• Sending your questions to: info@westkelownacity.ca 

A healthy housing system has a diversity of housing options and is represented by the housing continuum. The housing continuum opportunities for safe and healthy housing to support an individual over the course of their life, recognizing that individual and family needs change over time. Find out more at our Housing Page.

Non-market housing includes types of housing subsidized through various operators, including governments and the non-profit sector.  Non-market housing can range from supportive housing for those experiencing homelessness to below-market home ownership. Market housing is housing that exists for rent or sale at or near market rates in which no subsidies or restrictions exist.