Denman Affordable Housing for Seniors - 2014
· Denman Island · Reports & Publications · 2023
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!1! ! Research!Summary! ! Affordable!Housing!for!Seniors!on! Denman!Island! ! ! ! ! ! Prepared!for!the! ! Denman!Community!Land!Trust!Association! ! By! ! Stephanie!Slater,!MBA,!CMC! ! September, 2014 This report was made possible thanks to a Comox Valley Regional District Grant-In-Aid !2! Denman!Island!Seniors’!Affordable!Housing!Project! ! ! ! Introduction! ! Denman!Island,!B.C.!faces!a!pressing!need!for!affordable!and!appropriate!housing!for! its!senior!population.!The!total!number!of!seniors!on!the!island!is!expanding!rapidly,! and!the!age!of!individual!seniors!is!growing.!This!trend!is!expected!to!continue!for! three!or!more!decades. 1 !Most!of!Denman’s!seniors!say!they!want!to!continue!to!live!on! the!island!but!they!face!numerous!barriers!to!doing!so.!There!are!no!dedicated! seniors’!or!subsidized!housing!units;!there!are!few!rental!accommodations!and!those! that!exist!are!inappropriate!for!people!with!mobility!or!health!issues.!There!are! limited!options!for!downsizing!to!a!more!manageable!home!and!yard!or!for!“aging!in! place”!as!older!people’s!needs!change. 2 !!! ! In!response!to!this!need,!the!Denman!Community!Land!Trust!Association!(DCLTA)! proposes!to!develop!secure,!affordable!housing!designed!and!dedicated!for!the!use!of! seniors.!The!DCLTA!project!will!be!located!within!the!Denman!village!area!and!will! include!duplex!units!based!on!the!architectural!plans!developed!for!the!Hornby!Island! Elder!Housing!project.!DCLTA's!affordability!criterion!is!established!at!or!less!than! 120!per!cent!of!the!Statistics!Canada's!lowQincome!cutoff.! ! The!project!represents!a!major!step!towards!making!Denman!Island!an!ageQfriendly! community!as!defined!by!the!World!Health!Organization!Q!that!is,!a!community!that! offers!affordable,!appropriately!located,!wellQbuilt,!well!designed!and!secure!housing. 3 ! Doing!so!will!improve!the!quality!of!life!for!Denman’s!senior!population!and!enrich! the!community!as!a!whole!by!preserving!the!diversity,!experiences!and!stability!of!the! island’s!population!of!older!adults. 4 !! ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 !Age!Friendly!Communities!Report,!p!52! 2 !Seniors!Housing!Strategy,!Technical!Analysis,!p!6! 3 !Age!Friendly!Communities!Report,!p!10! 4 !Seniors!Housing!Strategy,!p!9! !3! Denman!Island!Senior!Population!! ! Denman!Island’s!senior!population!far!exceeds!those!of!British!Columbia!and!Canada! as!a!percentage!of!total!population.!In!2006,!Denman’s!220!seniors!(those!65!and! older)!comprised!20.1%!of!the!island’s!total!numbers.!By!comparison,!the!share!of! seniors!in!B.C.’s!population!was!14.6%!and!in!Canada’s,!13.7%. 5 !! ! BC!Stats!estimated!that!in!2014,!nearly!17%!of!the!province’s!population!was!age!65! or!older!(797,500!of!a!total!population!of!4,719,300)!and!that!by!2024!that!percentage! would!be!21%.! 6 ! ! In!contrast,!the!Statistics!Canada!2011!census!shows!that!Denman!Island’s!population! of!residents!65!and!older!is!28%!of!the!population!(285!of!1,025). 7 !Althou
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