Council will hear an innovative plan for new, attainable priced housing, including a large proposal for the Commonage lands south of Vernon.

The city will review a proposal from Leonard Kerkhoff, president of B.C.-based Kerkhoff Develop-Build, to allow the construction of nearly 4,000 new homes, with more than 1,800 of those designed to help address the shortage of attainably priced homes in Vernon.

Kerkhoff is proposing to build a new master-planned community on part of its 421-hectare (1,040 acre) property known as the , located seven minutes from downtown Vernon. The new homes would be built in multiple stages over the next couple of decades.

91裸聊视频淲ith our proposal for the 580 Commonage, we91裸聊视频檙e seeking the city91裸聊视频檚 support in principle to help create an inventory of urgently needed, attainably priced homes, while preserving the remaining two-thirds of the land for conservation and recreational use, protecting it from further future development,91裸聊视频� said Kerkhoff.

The aim is to price these homes below comparable market prices, coupled with a nature-conscious commitment to environmental stewardship.

91裸聊视频淟ight touch" construction would be used to build new homes that work with the natural landscape to protect the health and beauty of the lands. Some of the other new homes on the site will be reserved for seniors and affordable rental housing. Additional market priced housing will round out the balance of the development.

Under the proposal, superior quality construction materials will be manufactured off site, transported, and assembled on site. Construction time for each home is forecast to be less than two months.

91裸聊视频淏y rethinking our approach to home design and construction while preserving land for conservation, we are reintroducing attainable homes back into the market and bringing hope back to home ownership,91裸聊视频� said Kerkhoff. 91裸聊视频淭oo many people who live and work in Vernon can91裸聊视频檛 afford to buy their own home and are spending too much of their income on sky-high rents for multiple housing units or condominiums.

91裸聊视频淏y proposing this innovative new housing concept, our objective is to give hope to thousands of potential home buyers by making home ownership attainable again."

Kerkhoff is seeking an Official Community Plan amendment and rezoning which would be required for the proposed development plan that calls for 38 per cent of the land (159 hectares) to be developed for housing and a village town centre. The balance (262 hectares) would be conserved for park and recreational use, with almost half of that (120 hectares) being gifted to the City of Vernon as parkland.

A network of pathways will link clusters of homes with natural areas to the neighbourhood hub, as well as expanding the greater community91裸聊视频檚 trail network.

Vernon is known as the Trails Capital of B.C.

City staff is recommending support of the proposal with a number of conditions attached.

Council holds its regularly scheduled meeting Monday, Feb. 10.