Mission, Vision, & Values
Our Mission
- PROMOTE the development of diverse housing options
- ADVOCATE for better land-use practices, and
- CREATE a network for sharing info about housing policy and projects to become better-informed champions for people-oriented places.
Our Vision
- We want to see our City become well-known for its housing choices and sustainable land-use practices.
- We want to spark a renewed effort to conserve our sensitive environmental areas, secure Delta farmlands, and create great places for us and our loved ones to live.
- We want to see Delta become a showcase of housing variety and inclusivity.
- We want to help people discover that local government is really fascinating, impactful, and empowering!
- We want to see Delta’s plans and policies put the needs of people first – at every step – so that our community becomes defined by a surplus of great places to spend time or move through.
- We want to see housing be recognized and acted upon as a priority need within our City.
- We want to see creative solutions to traffic complaints and other community concerns instead of having these be the chief reason why housing is rejected or delayed.
- We want to remove costs and delays in the housing approvals process – to see far more housing types approved by right instead of favouring a single housing type (single family homes) at the expense of all others.
- We want children to see a clear path to a future home in Delta.
- We want affordability and a return to the levels of construction of below-market and subsidised housing that was previously commonplace in our region.
Values
Our neighbourhoods are changing – we must decide if this change will continue on its current path of greater exclusion and increasing expensiveness OR greater inclusion and diversity.
We value:
- openness to change
- inclusive communities
- positive engagement
- gentle criticism
- bridge-building
- promoting civic engagement
- empowerment of marginalized voices
- saying yes!