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- canada
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cross-posted from: /c/britishcolumbia
“For too long, the idea of home ownership has been out of reach for way too many people — people who earn a decent income, who are priced out of the market and do not see any path to home ownership,” said Premier David Eby, speaking at the project unveiling on Thursday.
It’s innovative. It’s a great idea. A fantastic way to invest public money in housing. But it has to be done in conjuction with other measures that stimulates housing development.
From free standardized designs to building code changes to allow single stairways (Why North America Can’t Build Nice Apartments) to fixing outdated zoning rules that pisses off the NIMBYs plus hundreds of other initiatives, Ravi Kahlon has been an amazing housing minister.
btw, the Conservative Party of BC Leader John Rustad said that he would repeal the NDP’s housing reforms if elected