Housing Targets

• Vancouver falling behind on new provincial housing targets

  The city of Vancouver has added about 1,600 new housing units, close to 1,000 behind where it needs to be, in the first six months since the province issued new housing targets.

  Politics

  May 15
  
• B.C. facing pushback from latest cities added to housing target list

  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.

  Politics

  Apr 24
  
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• Ontario provides Kawartha Lakes $1.56M for reaching 90% of 2023 housing targets

  With 431 new housing units, the City of Kawartha Lakes achieved 90 per cent of its housing target in 2023. The municipality has been tasked with 6,500 home builds in eight years.

  Economy

  Apr 4
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• Amid housing targets, Oak Bay greenlights condo complex after decade of rejection

  Last month, the province has assigned Oak Bay a target of building at least 664 units of housing over the next five years. 

  Politics

  Oct 13, 2023
• City of Kawartha Lakes mayor doesn’t see need to use ‘strong mayor’ power

  The province has given the City of Kawartha Lakes a target of building 6,500 homes in eight years. Mayor Doug Elmslie admits that target will be 'challenging' but 'achievable.'

  Economy

  Aug 23, 2023
• Ontario mayor not buying Doug Ford’s suggestion of ‘delay’ in housing developments

  Burlington, Ont. Mayor Marianne Meed Ward says she's looked at what's in their housing pipeline and says city 'should be fine' meeting development targets.

  Politics

  Aug 14, 2023
• 47 municipalities revealed to be on B.C.’s housing ‘naughty list’

  The province says the communities were chosen on four criteria: Housing need, projected population growth, land availability and housing affordability.

  Economy

  Jun 5, 2023
• B.C. housing minister in the Okanagan ‘listening and learning’ as he takes aim at the housing crisis

  Thursday, B.C.'s new housing minister Ravi Kahlon was in Vernon getting a sense of the housing situation as he starts work to tackle one of the province's biggest problems.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2023
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• B.C. government introduces Housing Supply Act and removes strata rental restrictions

  The B.C. government is putting in two new measures to address housing affordability but is short of specific details on some points.

  Politics

  Nov 21, 2022