i ao ‘ 3! eiaeee seen ae ees BC Eg Es = es “ee British Problems Housing shortage problems, prices and potential -solulions will be thoroughly aired al a major seminar on the final day of (he 21g { annual Union of B.C. Municipalities convention at Vernon, Sept. 17 to 20, ‘In addition, Housing Minister Lorne Nicolson has agreed to maintain an office during the convention so thal delegates by appointment mniay discuss housing matlers. wilh him and members of his staff.” a This office will be similar to, thal operated traditionally. at the convention by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and senior slalf members. © ‘Panelists: during the housing seminar will include Associate _ Deputy - Minister - George Chatterton; the department's , recently appointed ‘expediter for housing projects and former Port Moody alderman, John Northey; Dennis Facer, ‘property acquisition manager for Walt and Reédekop and a member’ of the. Real Estate - Board of Greater Vancouver’s land. development process committee; and Ian Beveridge, the consultant: who recently reported on the housing. shortage, in| men- ~tropolitan Vancouver in.a sludy commissioned by the Real. Estate Board. - In his report, Beveridge claimed that negative attitudes of officials and a tangle of municipal. and provincial red tape have combined to stifle © umbia Housing Sh to be Aired = house building in many parts of B.C 7 While he criticized Greater Vancouver Regional District jurisdictions, he said ‘the same applies to. all cities and governments. co, ’ One problem he listed was‘a lack of ‘infermalion.” and knowledge among persons’ in positions to influence housing and land development. Another, he said, is a lack of opportunity for-education and ‘ of provincial and’ municipal staffs and polilicans on matters like innovative land ‘use con- cepls,> contrals and management. And he added that the Jaws controlling development have evolved from ‘an unsyslematic hodgepodge of rdon ~ GLOSED MONDAYS ortage corrections, amendments,’ and outdated concepts... Countering this, Housing Minister Nicolson recently. . . released the first. status report . on :: provincial housing programs since his department was established late last year, His release showed thal the department had 11,470 units of social’ housing under con- struction or in the: planning stage ‘around the province al Aug. 1, and that the government is creating 4,627 lots in sub- divisions throughout B.C. ° He. said the figures are in addition, to some “‘yery large projects in _the Vancouver and Victoria areas that are still in the conceptual stage.” load by straightening the legs; this lets the le most of the work. The two men in this picture are putting too much stress on this lower back muscles. uo me . THESE __ BL ‘de. Jong, . President. of Terrace Totem Ford Sales Ltd. on. Keith Avenue has been taking a preview peek al the 1975 line of Ford of Canada models and is getling more enthusiastic day by day. . Bill says the ‘‘senguous car" ” will soon be.in his showroom and on. his: large lot. : He is particularly excited about the new | interiors. which he describes as a feast to the eye _ and a pleasure to touch. _-Mr. de. Jong referred to the Sensory appeal af the new cars “and quotes Mr. L. David Ash, Director of the Interior Design Office of the Ford Motor Company Design Center, Dearborn, Michigan who speaks of the new models as follows:- ; “We think a vintage year is at hand,” said Mr. Ash. ‘The company has two elegant and handsomely appointed new cars. : in the Granada and Monarch, as well as some interesting new variations on. the. other cars. ~ Also we've pulled all stops lo make certain the. color and interior trim schemes on all car Nnes.do the vehicles full justice.” Mr, de Jong described the uwew models for us.