Action Plan for the Social Well-Being of Surrey ... - City of Surrey

Recommendations
A2 Continue to participate on the:
• Surrey Homelessness and Housing Taskforce;
• Regional Steering Committee on Homelessness; and
• Other related forums (i.e. the Mayor’s Taskforce on Homelessness)
A2 Encourage public education around homelessness and solutions to homelessness.
A2 Encourage the establishment of a Housing and Homelessness Foundation.
A3 Monitor funding opportunities and policy directions by other levels of government and
others in relation to the identified gaps (i.e. the proposed New Canadian Housing
Framework) and inform appropriate taskforces and roundtables.
B1 Facilitate the establishment of an intergovernmental roundtable to address, among
other issues, the social service gaps related to housing and homelessness.
C2 Develop locational guidelines for shelters and transitional housing projects.
C3 Review zoning provisions in order to accommodate and integrate needed facilities in
the City.
C3 Identify opportunities to further encourage affordable housing development and
preserve affordable housing stock, including secondary suites, and maintaining stock
preservation initiatives and zoning support.
C4 When locational guidelines are developed, include them in the terms of reference for
the Neighbourhood Concept Plan (NCP) planning process.
C6 Develop a policy and program to provide some seed money towards the
implementation of solutions for housing gaps (e.g., Phoenix House), possibly using
the Affordable Housing Reserve Fund as a source of funding.
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