The Ways to Achieve Attainable Market Housing (WAAMH) project was launched to help address growing housing challenges, especially for Priority Housing Groups (PHG’s) such as young adults and families, local workers, seniors over 80, and people living with disabilities.
WAHHM will develop actionable recommendations and options for housing initiatives to consider both the community’s housing need and the practical realities of market housing development in Qualicum Beach. This project is being led by consultant MODUS Planning Design & Engagement Inc., providing in-depth knowledge about planning, design, development economics, and real estate.
The project will establish evaluative criteria to assess housing solutions and prepare a Housing Opportunities Report identifying options best suited to Qualicum Beach.
Housing ideas will be invited from the public, staff, advisory committees and Council, and each proposal will be scored using the criteria and support of PHG’s. Feasibility profiles will then be developed for the highest-scoring solutions.
Together, this information will form the final WAAMH Plan, that will reflect the context of Qualicum Beach and consider the on-the-ground constraints and opportunities for development. This includes Town policy alignment, priority housing groups, the availability of land, local market conditions, and financial feasibility.