In partnership with the Cortes Housing Society, I am releasing a new housing survey to gather and summarize our collective housing experiences and opinions.

Hearing from you and understanding the housing needs of Cortes and how it is changing over time is important for the future of our community's well being.

I will use your answers to guide the work I do as your Regional Director and the Cortes Housing Society will use it to support making non profit rentals, creating affordable land ownership opportunities, and developing community amenities.

If you are a renter or property owner please take a few minutes to fill it out. :

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-2EGm89Fe_EOj1SyXbsJi_BwUXxDVsltER6O1-jHYbDvFpw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=102974701837321579531

The results will be anonymously summarized and shared back with the community. Your personal data will be kept confidential and will not be connected to your answers. It will also be deleted after we communicate the results back to you. We collect personal information to help ensure the legitimacy of the results and for communication purposes.

If you are not comfortable sharing your personal information come to this Friday Market at Manson's hall and we'll help you get your answers submitted.

Paper copies of the survey will be mailed out to the 210 mail boxes on Cortes that have opted-in to receive bulk mail. I will also be sharing it on Tideline and social media and if I see you around, I’ll probably ask you to fill it out ?

Reach out if you have questions or need support - mvoneschsrd.ca or text/call 250-202-4422

In service,
Mark

PS: If you haven’t already read the report from two years ago, it’s eye opening:
https://www.cortestogether.com/_files/ugd/d14cac_b115215d97e2442babfee01b35855858.pdf?index=true

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https://www.cortestogether.com/sign-up