Housing Needs Report

The City of Nanaimo completed a 10-year Housing Needs Report in early 2023 that met the Local Government Act requirements at that time. However, due to the November 2023 changes to the Local Government Act, a new housing needs report was required by 2025-JAN-01 using an updated analysis methodology. Provincial Capacity Funds were used to retain a consultant to prepare the November 2024 Interim Housing Needs Report.

The Provincial housing legislation introduced in late 2023 amended a broad range of planning and land use tools for local governments, including the requirement to estimate 5- and 20-year housing need with a specific provincially mandated analysis method. Both the 2023 and 2024 Housing Needs Reports relied on 2021 Census data, however, since a new analysis method has been used, which considers more factors, much more refined and accurate housing needs estimates can be found in the 2024 Interim Housing Needs Report.