Saanich maintains that one of the fundamental elements of creating and maintaining a healthy, inclusive, and sustainable community is the provision of a range of housing types that can accommodate people of different ages, incomes, household structures, and physical and social needs. Working towards a diverse and affordable housing stock is also an important foundation for supporting growth and responding to changes in population and housing trends. In Saanich and across the region, the growing housing affordability and homelessness crisis has brought a sense of urgency to address shelter needs across the housing spectrum, especially for low and moderate-income households. The housing spectrum is a visual reference used to categorize and describe the full range of temporary, non-market, and market housing types from emergency shelters to home ownership.