Nanaimo’s affordable-housing project going to public hearing

A proposal from the City of Nanaimo that would help see more social housing built in the community will go to a public hearing.
Council gave the first two readings to the Pre-zoning for Social Housing project at its meeting on Monday, June 22.
The project, which is being developed by city planners, would build a regulatory and bylaw framework that lowers barriers to create new and affordable rental housing in the city to meet specific needs around tenancy and affordability for low-to moderate-in