More B.C. municipalities are pushing back against the NDP government's new housing targets, saying they're doing their share, but the province is not.
WATCH: More B.C. municipalities are pushing back against the NDP government's new housing targets , saying they're doing their share, but the province is not. Aaron McArthur reports.
Johnstone said a housing needs assessment found New Westminster was exceeding targets in new market housing, transit-oriented density and new rentals. “We have begged the province for more of it. I don’t know what else we can do as a city to get affordable housing built.”Canada’s most wanted list: Toronto suspect in fatal shooting at No. 1“We made it really clear to the minister in conversations that growth can’t be scaled up because we are given a target,” she told Global News.
Mayor Richard Stewart told Global News the new provincial government rules around housing types and density are having a negative effect on construction.Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon said many B.C. cities are doing good work, but that they still may need to be doing some things differently.
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