2025 Housing Needs Report
The 2025 Housing Needs Report (HNR) is more comprehensive than was required for the 2024 Interim Housing Needs Report. It was received and adopted in principal by Council on September 16, 2025 and provides information and background information for the Town, public and developers as well as for the upcoming Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw process. According to the new Provincially mandated HNR Method, the Town of Golden’s projected housing need is 281 units between 2021- 2026, and 798 units by 2041.
Funding for the 2024 and 2025 Housing Needs Reports was provided by the Province through the Capacity Funding for Local Government Housing Initiatives.
View the Staff Report from the September 16, 2025 Regular Open Council meeting.
2021 Housing Needs Report and Affordable Housing Strategy
On May 4, 2021, Town Council adopted in principle a Housing Needs Report for the Town of Golden and an Affordable Housing Strategy. The Needs Report identifies the populations most in need of housing, housing gaps and other housing issues in the community; while the Housing Strategy identifies a series of actions and tools that can be implemented to address these needs and to influence change.
The Town of Golden partnered with the Golden Community Economic Development (CED) to hire CitySpaces Consulting to develop the Housing Needs Report and Affordable Housing Strategy for Golden and Area A. The process involved engagement with the community, non-profit partners, local businesses and developers through key informant interviews, an open house and focus groups.
The Housing Strategy identifies 16 strategies that the Town and Golden CED can consider towards addressing local housing gaps to pursue meeting the community’s housing needs.
Learn more about the work of Golden Community Economic Development.
Funding for the Housing Needs Report and Affordable Housing Strategy was provided through a provincial Ministry of Municipal Affairs grant administered by the Union of BC Municipalities to the Town, and another grant provided through the Provincial Rural Dividend program administered by Golden CED.
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May 6, 2021: Golden gets a Housing Needs Report and Affordable Housing Strategy