HOUSING & INFORMATION - Living in the Country
Planning and Strategies for the Island
In 2021, the shortage of affordable housing has become apparent. A Housing Coalition has been formed that will identify options, and lobby for change.
The Coalition was brought to the table by CVRD Regional Director Daniel Arbour,
and includes the Hornby Island Communicty Economic Enhancement Corporation (HICEEC),
Island Trust (local Trustee Grant Scott plus Advisory Planning Commission members),
Hornby Island Housing Society (HIHS),
Hornby Island Residents & Ratepayers (HIRRA),
and the Hornby Island Short Term Rental Association (HISTRA)
This section of our website will outline background materials and non-confidential progress reports.
Short term Rentals
Short term, vacation rentals are a way that local owners share their properties with Visitors to the Islands.
Acknowledging that visitor accommodation is vital to support a thriving economy,
as visitors help to provide for the livelihoods of the many artists and businesses on the Island,
In past years, the community felt that this form of visitor accommodation was preferrable to large tourist resorts and hotels.
Both from a density perspective and also from having some control over the education of how visitors interact with the Island culturally and environmentally.
The silver lining of "sharing the wealth" to the many at the grass roots level, as opposed to an individual owner/company, was also widely supported.
Like those that stay in the campsites, over the years many of these visitors have become residents.
"A nice place to visit, is a nice place to live."
Visit the Short Term Rental Association website at: www.histra.ca
Rental Resources
We hope that the documents below can be useful to you in creating formalized agreements between tenants and landlords on Hornby Island. They include the standard BC residential tenancy agreement, as well as samples of additional agreements that have been used to address some of the unique rental situations found on our island. Please feel free to download, edit, and use the documents for your own unique situation.
Homes on the Tour
The house that Jack built – Jack Graham’s tiny home
Helen’s Meadery 2 bedroom Caravan
Tom Burrow's handbuilt ouse at Downes Point
Anne Ngan's home at Downes Point
Cath Gray & Mike Berman’s, original and additions
Sasha & Amy LeBaron’s Tiny Home, and new Hand-Built paper-crete home
Gordon Payne's caravan
Bonita Wexler's in Sandpiper
Tony & Barb Stark's on Geoffrey Rd.
Home Grown Home, Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery
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