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Senior nonprofit housing tax bill jumps BC Assessment values skyrocket in 2015 for Saanich affordable housing provider Travis Paterson News staff
A Saanich non-profit seniors housing provider is preparing to raise rents after an unexpected hike in property assessment value last month. Dawson Heights Housing, at the junction of Cedar Hill and Cedar Hill Cross roads, runs a trio of non-profit housing complexes primarily for seniors. Two of those properties, The Cedars (57 residents) and The Dawson (52 residents), saw their values jump by 22 and 11 per cent respectively. A third building is protected by a grandfathered tax-exemption. “We’re a sustainable non-profit that exists off of rents and fees,” said executive director Karen Hope, who has appealed the valuations with B.C. Assessment. “(Dawson Heights) doesn’t rely on government subsidies, because they’re not reliable in the long term,” she said. “It means a spike in rent.” The District of Saanich allows most charities – but not non-profit housing providers – to apply for property tax exemptions for three- or four-year periods. Saanich follows a community charter ruling that non-profit housing is not eligible for property tax exemption unless it provides accommodation for people with physical, mental or developmental disabilities. The Victoria Cool Aid Society has had multiple requests for tax exemption refused by Saanich in the past three years.
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Secrets of the bog Sonora Godfrey from Charles Stewart International Models poses for Mike Morash of Cambiguous Photography along a path at Rithet’s Bog last Friday. Morash and make-up artist Meghan Rusk (not pictured) braved the wet afternoon for the shoot, which was themed around the opening of Pandora’s Box and entertained passersby on an otherwise monotonous trail along the park’s perimeter.
PlEASE SEE: Non-profit housing tax on rise, Page A11
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