About the Authors Dr. Anita van Wyk has taught at the University of the Fraser Valley for the last ten years. She holds degrees from the University of Pretoria, University of South Africa, and Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (formerly the University of Port Elizabeth). Her degrees include an earned doctorate in Sociology of Development. She was a researcher a [...] NATIONAL HOUSING STRATEGY AND PROVINCIAL MANDATES The need for affordable housing is too great to rely on the current federal policy, which could be described as inadequate, ad hoc, and piecemeal; the availability of federal resources is also subject to time limits. This approach does not facilitate investing comprehensively, strategically, and over the long term to provi [...] FRASER VALLEY HOUSING ACTION PLAN To make progress with the provisioning of affordable housing in the Fraser Valley it is recommended that a housing action plan be designed. The first step could be to establish a Fraser Valley Regional Housing Coalition. Such a coalition could include a representative from the following possible groups: - Mayors’ Task Force [...] Monitoring and Evaluation Another critical component of an affordable housing action plan is to support and promote stable rental tenancy by enforcing municipal standards for the maintenance of rental residences. The FVRD housing coalition needs to encourage collaboration between the social economy, private, and public sectors, in consultation with the c [...] Public land for “adopted housing”. 59 REFERENCES Amin, A., Cameron, A., & Hudson, R. (2002). Placing the social economy. London: Routledge. Anheier, H. (2004). Third sector—third way: Comparative perspectives and policy reflections. In J. Lewis and R. Surender (Eds.) Welfare State Change: Towards a Third Way? (pp. 111–134). New York: Oxford University Press. Bar