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Housing need in a proposed update to the City of Victoria Official Community Plan (OCP) – make them up as they go? City staff and the Development Lobby discussed potentially shifting goal posts in the future.

“It is a goal post that will shift as the years pass”



By Sasha Izard
Sept 1, 2025



A document obtained through Freedom of Information revealed the Urban Development Institute (UDI), a registered lobbying organization for development and real estate interests, meeting with City of Victoria staff on February 7, 2024.

According to the minutes of the meeting their discussions in regard to the OCP update included:

“The housing need in the proposed policy framework is framed as goal posts and not being introduced as firm targets (unlike the housing strategy) with the long-term outlook to 2050”

“It is a goal post that will shift as the years pass”

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Appendix: The full document obtained through Freedom of Information.

See also:

“We need to take the approach of all areas potentially supporting up to six storeys to ensure we have a pivotal opportunity to arrive at where we will inevitably need to get by 2050” – Quote from Sept 19, 2024 UDI Workshop on City of Victoria Official Community Plan (OCP) update. – CRD Watch Homepage

Index of articles regarding lobby events and other meetings between government and lobbyists. – CRD Watch Homepage