this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
16 points (94.4% liked)

British Columbia

1364 readers
22 users here now

News, highlights and more relating to this great province!

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Eby says there are proposals at the federal level to sell public land and buildings to help solve the crisis, but B.C. is doing the opposite by taking inventory of provincially and municipally owned land in order to build more homes.

He told the BC Non-profit Housing Association's annual conference his government is the right one to tackle the housing crisis as the province faces “huge challenges.”

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] SamuelRJankis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

B.C. Finance Minister Katrine Conroy said she was pleased the federal government designated $15 billion toward housing, but concerned the money isn't set to start flowing until 2025.

Would be real nice if the federal government would act with some urgency.

[–] SamuelRJankis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Just adding a extra CBC video stating that the timeline would mean these projects won't be move in ready till 2030 if they don't start getting money 2025.

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2286312515635