Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - In the second of a series of articles outlining what he would like to bring to Area C if elected Regional Director, Marc Doll spoke about tackling the housing crisis.While the issue at the top of everyone’s mind right now is housing, he pointed out the solutions are not easy. “The principle that I'm standing on is saying that one person, me or anybody else holding the regional director position, isn't in a place to be able to say, 'okay, this is what we wanna fight for.’ Whether it be the vacancy tax, some type of licensing for air for Airbnbs, whether it be how we approach the development. These decision are more complicated than any one person sitting on a small committee can come to any conclusion on. Every one of these examples has a downside,” explained Doll.“The only way forward is for that discussion to be had to within communities, so that the community says, 'we understand that we've examined the downsides, but this is the way that we Quadra Island, or Read Island and SNCA (Surge Narrows Community Association), or Cortes believe is the path forward.” He added, “Having it preached from on high by any one person is not going to get the buy-in that's going to be required to take this on.”Quadra is currently losing its workforce. According to the Rural Housing Needs Report, it shrank 16% between 2016 and 2021. Doll believes the actual number is closer to 25%.The only demographic that is growing is people over the age of 65. The number of people under 44 is decreasing. “Vibrant communities, communities that function, need all age demographics. You need an active workforce. You need young families. You need kids to populate your school. You need all ages across the board,” said Doll.