The Trust's own housing diagnosis · AIT-FAM-001

Can the next generation build a life here?

North Pender's Trust-endorsed 2025 Housing Action Plan says traditional Trust Area planning resulted in zoning almost exclusively for single-family dwellings, limiting options for people unable to own.

What the record proves

The plan itself says seniors, families and workers need more housing diversity. That is an institutional admission about legacy zoning effects—not evidence of anti-family intent.

  1. The action plan describes traditional zoning as almost exclusively single-family.
  2. It says this pattern limited options for people unable to own and identifies seniors, families and workers among those needing alternatives.
  3. Housing prices, construction, infrastructure, ferries, jobs and senior-government policy also shape who can build a life on an island.

The demand

Measure whether plans produce diverse homes in practice—and make the local planning government answer for the result.

Read and sign the exact petition.

Primary receipts

  1. North Pender Island Housing Action Plan, endorsed May 30, 2025 — pp. 1–2; resolution NP-2025-027; verified 2026-08-24.