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    B.C. Premier Eby to share plans for housing crisis

    Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 21 Nov, 2022 10:42 AM
    • B.C. Premier Eby to share plans for housing crisis

    VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby is expected to announce his government's plans to take on the housing affordability crisis today.

    It's one of the issues Eby said he planned to tackle just moments after he was sworn in on Friday.

    Eby, who was housing minister before running for premier, released a housing plan during his leadership campaign aimed at addressing affordability, targeting speculators and protecting renters.

    His proposed plan would fast-track affordable housing by speeding approvals, use government land for some projects, make all secondary suites across the province legal and allow homebuilders to replace a single-family house with up to three units on the same lot.

    Eby said on Friday that he planned to "hit the ground running" and then set out two one-time payments for residents, to help mitigate inflation pressures for residents.

    Yesterday, he announced a new public safety plan to increase enforcement on repeat violent offenders and expand mental-health crisis response teams.

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