'There are a lot of big ideas and not a lot of detail. So it's hard to get into the minutiae with some of this' From m_zadikian
Vancouver housing watchers have mixed reviews of NDP leadership candidate David Eby's sweeping proposal to improve housing affordability in the province. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
Eby's housing platform includes a $500 million fund to provide grants to non-profit organizations, co-ops and First Nations to buy affordable rental buildings that come up for sale and a B.C. Builds initiative aimed at fast-tracking approvals and construction of multi-family housing developments. "There are certain places that maybe shouldn't be zoned that way. Where the parking doesn't allow for it, where the size of the lot doesn't necessarily allow for it as well. So I think there's, you know, a lot more nuance to something like that, that really needs to be examined," she said.
"It misses that the most common beneficiaries have been many everyday homeowners in B.C., myself included, because we have gained lots of wealth – and I'm not a big corporation or an investor," he said via email.
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