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In this webinar, we bring together planners, designers and builders from across the Province to discuss policy and process challenges to delivering missing middle housing.

• Graham Anderson & Sander Mozo, from the City of Vancouver, present two recent City of Vancouver initiatives aimed at increasing the supply and diversity of new missing middle rental and ownership housing in Vancouver’s low-density neighbourhoods: the Secured Rental Policy updates made in fall 2021 and introduction of a new multiplex option in low density zones in fall 2023. These initiatives highlight two approaches that significantly enhance clarity and certainty around new housing development opportunities, simplify and streamline municipal processes to enable more new housing to be delivered with increased efficiently, while also advancing objectives around sustainability and supporting complete neighbourhoods; 
   
• As a planner and consultant who has worked in both local government and the private sector, Birte Decloux RPP, MCIP (Kelowna) will share her experience and insight on impediments to missing middle housing delivery and offer suggestions on what local government can do to improve the approval process for this type of building product.
   
• Tony Giroux, President of the BC Association of Building Designers, whose members are involved in Part 9 buildings from single family homes to small scale multifamily projects. Tony will present a ‘Team Approach to Facing the Challenges of Development'. He will discuss the importance of working together to overcome obstacles to development, the need to view others in the development process as partners with common objectives, and the importance of balancing the need for housing, the needs of the communities, and the economics. Finally, he will touch on the importance of standardization and sharing of resources between communities or zones within the province.
   
• Hear from builders who work across the Province on the issues that they face during the submission and municipal approval phase.

Our Speakers

Graham Anderson
Planner | Housing Policy
Planning, Urban Design & Sustainability | City of Vancouver
Graham is a Housing policy planner at the City of Vancouver, whose work has focused on secured market and below-market rental housing incentive programs and expanding housing choice and supply in low density neighbourhoods.

Sander Mozo
Community Planner
Planning Urban Design & Sustainability | City of Vancouver
Sander Mozo is a Community Planner at the City of Vancouver, and part of the Complete Neighbourhoods team. Currently leading a transit-oriented area plan focused on delivering vibrant, mixed-use neighborhoods that provide more diverse housing opportunities, public spaces and supporting community infrastructure, including arts and culture uses. Urban designer and Planner by training. Through 7 years of work at the City of Vancouver, supported the implementation of various community area plans, as well as the development and the implementation of housing supportive policies including a Secured Rental Policy.

Birte Decloux RPP, MCIP 
Principal
URBAN OPTIONS Planning Corp.
Birte Decloux RPP, MCIP is the principal of Urban Options Planning Corp. where she specializes in local government advocacy, urban planning, facilitation, and negotiation for individuals and developers with small to mid-size development projects. As a Registered Professional Planner (RPP) and member of the Canadian Institute of Planning (MCIP), Birte demonstrates her knowledge of legislation and current industry practice. Continual education maintains Birte’s designation and affirms her commitment to responsible planning and to the sustainability of safe, healthy, and secure urban environments.

Tony Giroux 
President
BCABD|BC Association of Building Designers
Tony Giroux is the President of the BC Association of Building Designers, an association dedicated to raising the standards for professionals working in the design of Part 9 buildings. Tony has over 30 years of experience as a Building Designer, and for the last 20 years his design firm Giroux Design Group Inc. has focused specifically on the design of small multifamily and infill developments across BC. He regularly consults with planning departments, building officials, developers and designers throughout BC and is very active in promoting a team approach in facing the challenges associated with development.