This article was written By Alison Taylor
The waitlist for employee housing in Whistler has topped more than 500 people for the first time ever.
Meanwhile, developers are coming at the municipality hard and fast to bring their housing proposals to the table.
The waitlist, which is a running tally of those residents hoping to buy into the price-restricted housing market in Whistler, spilled over the 500 mark in early May. This is the highest it has ever been.
Tim Wake, general manager of the Whistler Housing Authority, said the increase is due in part to a potential large development project in between Alpine and Emerald on the Rainbow lands. When news of the Rainbow project was made public in January, the list started growing.