Premier David Eby on Monday announced two pieces of legislation aimed at increasing the housing supply in B.C.
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Furstenau said nothing in those bills will spur the building of affordable housing for lower-income British Columbians.that their councils are approving affordable, below-market housing projects at record speed but those projects have either been turned down for funding by B.C. Housing or delayed by permit approvals.Article content
The province has been doing that for the last decade, he said, and lower income people are still struggling to find housing they can afford.
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