BCNPHA Resources for Non-Profit Housing Providers

April 12, 2011

Expression of Interest, Partnering and Housing Needs Workshop

Presentation by

Margaret Eberle, BCNPHA Acting Research Director

Jim Woodward, BCNPHA Consultant

Mary McWilliam, Director Energy Management

Overview of presentation:

1. BCNPHA and BCNPHA Consulting

2. Needs Assessment

3. Putting Your Proposal Together

4. Energy Considerations

Who is BC Non-Profit Housing Association? • The provincial association providing leadership and support

to non-profit housing providers

• Incorporated in 1993 to give a unified voice to, and increase the standards of, the non-profit housing sector

•Represents the interests of non-profit housing societies to all levels of government and the public.

BCNPHA Mission Statement

The work of the Association is to lead and support its members who are non profit housing providers through services, educational opportunities, and advocacy.

• Over 600 non-profit housing societies operating affordable housing in British Columbia

• 50,000 units of long-term, non-profit managed housing in

approximately 1,500 buildings across the province

• Nearly $5 billion held in land and building assets alone

Provincial Context

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● 20 non-profit housing societies operating 46 buildings ● Approximately 1,650 units of non-profit housing across the city ● City of Richmond is home to nearly 3% of the province’s units

Non-Profit Housing in Richmond

Source: BCNPHA Asset Analysis 2011

6 BCNPHA Departments • Member Services

• Education and Communication

• BCNPHA Consulting • Research

• Strategic Energy Management • Society for Affordable Housing, Education, Awareness, and Development (AHEAD)

BCNPHA Consulting Consulting Strategy

PURPOSE Strengthen the non-profit housing sector in BC by ensuring that non-profit

housing providers have affordable access to high quality information resources and professional education and consulting services.

KEY COMPONENTS • Development of a core competencies framework for consultants in the sector; • Formalization of existing ad hoc referral and case management services

currently being provided by the Association; and • Restructuring of various BCNPHA revenue-generating service delivery projects

under a single operating umbrella

What is a needs assessment?

• A housing need and demand study is an analysis of the need for affordable housing in a community

• Gap between affordable housing supply and demand

• Two major types:

• Focused needs assessment

•Community wide needs assessment

Purpose of Need and Demand Studies

• Why do need and demand studies? • Defensible data on extent and nature of needs

• To determine programming or provide starting point for housing strategy or plan

• Required by funders

• To ensure that affordable housing projects are distributed fairly and equitably across need groups and geographic regions of the province

Need and Demand Template

Why create a need and demand study template?

• To assist project sponsors with estimates of need and demand

• To create consistency to allow for better comparison

Available at:

http://www.bcnpha.ca/pages/housing-development.php

Components of a Need and Demand Study

• Community demographic and economic profile

• Current affordable housing need

• Current affordable housing supply

• Projections – emerging housing need

• Projections – anticipated housing supply

• Gap analysis

Information Sources

QUANTITATIVE DATA • Metro Vancouver - Housing Databook, Homeless Counts

• Statistics Canada –Census

• BCNPHA – Inventory of non profit housing providers and buildings

• BC Housing – Wait list data by household type

• CMHC – Housing in Canada Online

Example

Richmond Richmond Metro

Measures of housing need

Number renter

households

Share of all renters

Share of all renters

Renters in core housing need 2006 4,070 32% 31%

Renters at risk of homelessness (INALHM) 2006 1,675 13% 12%

Source: Metro Vancouver Housing Databook

18%

79%

1%

29%

14%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

Senior households

Immigrant households

Aboriginal Identity households

Persons with Disabilities

Female Lone-Parent Households

At risk of homelessness by maintainer characteristics 2006 –

all households

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BC Housing Waitlist for Metro Vancouver

Source: BC Housing Registry, April 2011

Tenant Type Applicants Percent

Family 3128 35%

Seniors 2168 25%

People with disabilities 1728 20%

Singles 756 9%

Transfers 752 8%

Wheelchair modified 252 3%

Pending applications 21 0%

Rent supplements 7 0%

Total 8812 100.0%

Information Sources

QUALITATIVE INFORMATION • Interviews with key stakeholders

• Focus groups

• Kitchen table sessions

• Reports from local community organizations

• Public consultation

Documenting Need and Demand

• There are many different options

• Report style

• One-pagers

• Indicator matrices

• Build upon your experience

• Know your target group

• Partners are key

• Be clear about what you can provide

• Be clear about what you need

• Be clear about partner roles and responsibilities

Planning your proposal

Need and demand

– Demonstrate housing need for target population

– Demonstrate understanding of target population

– Demonstrate how the project will meet tenant needs

Corporate experience

– Experience with similar projects

– Partners and their experience

Address requirements

• Financial viability and sustainability

– Society contribution

– Other partners

• Corporate capacity to complete project

• Experience with supportive housing and your vision for this project

Address requirements

• Tenant mix

• Mixed uses -residential, community and commercial

• Social and environmental sustainability

Other considerations

– High performance buildings

– Low life cycle costs

– Alternative energy, renewable energy, district energy

– Strategic partnerships

– Education and employment opportunities

Sustainability considerations

• New Construction or Major Redevelopment:

– Checklists to ensure best project value

– Participate in design charrettes

– Maximize funding for healthier and more efficient building projects

– ‘Greening’ RFPs to maximize project value

– Long-term revenue generating opportunities

2011 Strategic Planning for Energy in New Projects

• Consider future energy costs

• Design with future facility use scenarios in mind

• Flexibility to add efficiency features and renewable energy

• Control and monitoring of energy use

• Efficiency lessons from healthcare and hospitality

Efficiency Lessons to Carry to New Development Projects

Margaret Eberle

BCNPHA Acting Research Director

margaret@bcnpha.ca

Jim Woodward

BCNPHA Consultant

Mary McWilliam

Director, BCNPHA Strategic Energy Management

mary@bcnpha.ca

Phone: 604.291.2600

www.bcnpha.ca

Thank You!