A new initiative is helping construction and manufacturing companies share leftover materials, lowering their costs and keeping more waste out of landfills.
Read MoreHousing projects continue to be at the forefront of development approvals and are still happening around Nanaimo, said the manager of current planning for the City of Nanaimo.
Read MoreA new building of “micro suites” is coming to downtown Nanaimo after city council approved a development permit for a five-storey 31-unit building at 337 Robson Street.
Read MoreAccording to a report by Third Space Planning, short term rentals in Qualicum Beach are harming the local housing and rental markets and making life less affordable.
Read MoreOn February 21, Parksville city council voted to move ahead with an application to allow the development of a non-market rental building at 1225 Franklin Gulls Road by the Parksville Lions Society.
Read MoreHousing minister Ravi Kahlon says that the province is working to help people in Nanaimo with the rising cost of rent.
Read MoreA Nanaimo city councillor is calling for provincial vacancy control as the average price for a vacant two-bedroom apartment in Nanaimo jumps to just under $2,000.
Read MoreConstruction has started on a new 47-bed housing facility for women and children facing gender-based violence in Nanaimo.
Read MoreNanaimo city council voted 8-1 on Monday to not build affordable housing on any portion of the Five Acres Farm at 933 Park Ave.
Read MoreNanaimo city council is looking at restricting a property tax exemption designed to encourage new multi-unit residential buildings in the downtown.
Read MoreNanaimo City Council voted in favour of a motion to send a letter to all BC MLAs and the UBCM in support of a draft amendment they would like to see towards the recently announced Bill 44
Read MoreThe City of Parksville is seeking an exemption to the province’s new law on short-term rentals for tourist accommodation areas in the city, but the minister of housing says the city needs to increase the vacancy rates for long-term rentals first.
Read MoreParticipants at the Five Acres Farm open house were given a sticker to post on one of four options showing where affordable housing could be built, plus a fifth option with no housing development.
Read MorePremier David Eby addressed the State of the Island Economic Summit in Nanaimo on Thursday morning, speaking about housing, transportation and the toxic drug crisis.
Read MoreThe Village of Cumberland is looking to attract new staff to the village, including on-call firefighters, with the purchase of a three-bedroom house with an attached studio suite.
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