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Slight majority dislike Powell River Council housing decision

Poll: 56 per cent disagree with going against staff recommendations regarding apartment building
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OPTIONS CONSIDERED: City of Powell River councillors recently debated the merits of allocation of affordable housing units in a proposed apartment complex between Alberta and Franklin avenues, narrowly passing the first three readings to a bylaw that would permit construction on the facility. Paul Galinski photo

The Peak polled 513 readers and asked the question: Do you agree with City of Powell River Council's decision to accept a developer’s housing offer rather than a staff recommendation?

The poll ran from 1/19/2024 to 3/6/2024. Of the 513 votes, we can determine that 317 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:

Yes 43.85% local, 41.33% total    
No 56.15% local, 58.67% total    
  Local   Total

Results are based on an online study of Peak readers who are located in the qathet region. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 4.24%, 19 times out of 20.

The Peak uses a variety of techniques to capture data, detect and prevent fraudulent votes, detect and prevent robots, and filter out non-local and duplicate votes.

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