2024 Housing Needs Report
On December 17, 2024, Council received an interim Housing Needs Report (HNR). The next regular comprehensive Housing Needs Report is due by December 31, 2028, and every five years thereafter. 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.
As required by legislation, the HNR contains a section on actions taken by the local government since receiving the 2021 housing needs report to reduce housing needs and a section on housing near transportation infrastructure (active transportation and if applicable public transit).
More detailed housing needs research work is scheduled for Q1 of 2025.
Funding for the Housing Needs Report was provided by the Province through the Capacity Funding for Local Government Housing Initiatives.
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