Housing crisis

Colin McDowell, the director of land management for the Yukon government, pulls lottery tickets at random during the a Whistle Bend property lottery in Whitehorse on Sept. 9, 2019. More than 800 applicants were vying for land in the latest Yukon government lottery for residential land and commercial sites, mainly in Whistle Bend. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)

Whistle Bend lottery draws more than 800 applicants for less than 200 properties

Demand outstrips supply yet again

 

A house sits on the property at 1308 Centennial St., next to a new development at 1306 in Porter Creek in Whitehorse on Nov. 3. A public hearing will be held Nov. 23 on the proposed rezoning of 1308 Centennial St. from residential single zone to muli-residential zone. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News)

Public hearing set on proposed rezoning

Change for 1308 Centennial St. passes first reading

 

Housing First facility is open, still more work to do, housing advocate says

Residents will be moved in by the end of the month

 

New government housing policy seeks to attract more employees to communities

‘There’s a lot more demand for staff housing than there is supply’

Whitehorse council considers incentives for two housing projects

A total of nearly 80 units could be built