Best Practices for Accessory Dwelling Units
Course Description
In many communities across BC, there continues to be an increased demand for rental housing and housing diversity. Despite the introduction of policies and zoning that support secondary suites and accessory dwelling units, there has been a slow uptake of these housing options.
In this video, planners from various communities, share leading practices in policy and bylaw amendments, community engagement, and other initiatives that have helped them implement ADUs more successfully.
This video will be of particular interest to local governments, municipal officials and planners looking to better understand tools available to facilitate the construction of ADUs in their community.
Presenters
Cheeying Ho, B.Sc, M.Ed.
Cheeying Ho brings over 20 years of experience in community planning, engagement and sustainability. Prior to her role at the Centre, Cheeying was the Executive Director of Smart Growth BC, the leading province-wide non-governmental organization advancing sustainable land use and development that was largely responsible for getting ‘smart growth’ into planning practice in BC. She served on the Prime Minister’s External Advisory Committee on Cities and Communities and has held leadership roles in sustainability initiatives across BC.
Dan Wilson, B.Comm, M.Sc.
Dan Wilson has 18 years experience in the sustainability field and specializes in community and neighbourhood sustainability planning, engagement, developing implementation tools, monitoring and evaluation systems, and community energy/GHG reduction plans and programs. He also leads housing needs assessments for BC communities.