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This week, we look at the players in the housing game: the city planner, the developer,.the realtor, and often, the Ministry of Crown Lands. The planner: Terrace planner Marvin Kamenz described his role as “working towards assuring a range of housing options that meet the needs and desires of the community", By a range of hous- ing, Kamenz was referting to everything from the most expen- sive luxury home to something a low income family can readily afford. In part, says Kamenz, assuring this range of housing can be done through zoning. Zoning is neces- sary to separate incompatible land uses, but it can do more. Accord- ing to Kamenz, zoning can encour- age a housing market that provides more than the obvious — single family homes, duplex units, and apartments. Examples of other housing options, he says, are basement suites and home sharing. Given good zoning, and consider- ing the fact that housing in the Northwest is relatively inexpensive Marvin Kamenz: Working toward a range of housing options. when compared to larger urban centres, it would be easy to assume that we have an adequate supply of affordable housing in the North- west. But that’s not the case, says Kamenz. Historically, he says, the rental market has provided low income housing. But because monthly rental rates are generally governed by supply and demand, there is a declining ability of low income renters to pay rising rents. Kamenz offers two alternatives for alleviating this widening gap ‘ between the cost of existing rental units and what the low income renter can really afford to pay. One is to subsidize the private A MUST SEE! 2 storey, 5 bedroom home with 2 baths. Extremely well built on large lot. 1 bedroom suite down. Quiet street and gas heat. Call Gord Hamilton 635-9537. MLS 900029 $110,000. SECLUDED MASTERPIECE Matchless Thornhill 2 storey chalet, Wood, nestled in wood- land. Country kitchen, 3 bdrm./ 4pc & 3pc baths, circular drive, jacuzzi hot tub, one year new. Beautiful secluded setting. Call Verne Ferguson 635-3389. Realty World MLS 910051. $110,000. BUNGALOW WINNER Cheerful hearth brightens this in- viting Horseshoe home. Quiet street, kitchen appliances includ- ed, 2 bedroom. Large livingroom with vaulted ceilings, bright din- ing area. Call Joyce Findlay EXC 635-2697. MLS 900160. $69,500. HOMELY YET OPULENT Comfortable yet umrivaled. 2 storey, Cheerful hearth, vaulted ceilings, formal dining room, eat- in kitchen, 3 bedroom/2 baths, finished basement. PLUS Gas heat. See Now! Call Joyce Findlay EXC 635-2697. MLS 910046, Priced at $104,500. THE RESULTS PEOPLE. _ Each office ig independentiy owned and operated. rental housing market. And the other is to subsidize non-profit rental units. The second alternative is the logical choice, he says, because it is not subject to specu- lation. . And municipalities can help, says . Kamenz. They can help to organ- ize a non-profit society. They can offer to sell or lease municipally- owned land to the society at an affordable rate. Finally, they can encourage the province to do. the same thing. Kamenz suggests government lease and not sell land because in that way the govern- ment still retains the fand as an asset for the people of the pro- vince. But there is more that munici- palities can do, says Kamenz. They can help buyers and renters tell private developers what kinds of housing they need, One way might be to encourage architects with proven track records to give talks to developers and prospective buyers and tenters, he said. Municipalities can direct the location and type of housing being built by providing sewer, water and roads prior to any develop- ment. The cost of this infrastruc- ture can be recovered through taxation over time, which helps to keep the cost of housing down. Municipalities can also ensure the integrity and character of dif- ferent neighbourhoods where they meet, Kamenz says. Where an area of multiple family dwellings bor- ders on an area of single family dwellings, for example, munici- palities can place a greater empha- sis on Development Permits as provide for in the Municipal Act. With a Development Permit, says Kamenz, residents bordering on a new development can control the general character of the site by specifying specific requirements for things like landscaping, siting, form, and the exterior design and finish of the new structure. All these ideas, and more, may one day be explored by a Housing Commission in Terrace. Next week: the role of the Ministry of Crown Lands and Parks.