Affordability & Tenure
A growing, curated resource hub for materials on gentle density, related to the topic of: Affordability & Tenure
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Gentle Density Housing Bylaw Guide (2025)
Thinking about bringing more housing options to your community? The Gentle Density Bylaw Guide is your roadmap to making it happen.
Making Missing Middle Pencil: The Math Behind Small-Scale Housing Development (2024)
A Terner Center report exploring barriers to financial feasibility of missing middle housing projects.
Stories of Practice: Tl’etinqox Community Elder Cabins
We are grateful to share this story, highlighting the good work of Tl’etinqox in bringing their community-led gentle density housing project…
Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing: Toolkit for Local Governments (2024)
Toolkit intended to help local governments and their community members understand the legislative changes introduced related to SSMUH
Guidance Paper: Gentle Density & Land Economics
Expert roundtable discussion of tenure options, leveling the cost playing field and reducing risk, and building in affordability
Guidance Paper: Gentle Density & Affordability
This Small Housing Guidance Paper brings together insights and perspectives collected through two expert roundtables
Costs of Providing Infrastructure and Services to Different Residential Densities (2023)
A Metro Vancouver study that investigates the cost of providing infrastructure and services to neighbourhoods with varying residential densities, with the…
Provincial Policy Manual & Site Standards: Small-Scale Multi-Unit Housing (2023)
This Policy Manual from Government of BC aims to support local governments in amending their local zoning bylaws and associated legislation…