{"id":70592,"date":"2016-02-13T09:23:40","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T14:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=70592"},"modified":"2016-02-13T09:23:40","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T14:23:40","slug":"premier-announces-largest-single-affordable-housing-investment-for-b-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/02\/13\/premier-announces-largest-single-affordable-housing-investment-for-b-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier announces largest single affordable housing investment for B.C."},"content":{"rendered":"
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VANCOUVER\u2014British Columbia has committed $355 million toward creating as many as 2,000 affordable housing units across the province.<\/p>\n

Premier Christy Clark and Housing Minister Rich Coleman made the announcement in Vancouver on Friday.<\/p>\n

Clark said the funding will be spent over the next five years and is the largest single affordable housing investment in B.C.’s history.<\/p>\n

The province said it has earmarked $50 million of the investment for each of the first two years, $75 million in the third year and $90 million in the final two years.<\/p>\n

Details are still being worked out, and B.C. Housing said it will seek proposals from municipalities, non-profit societies and other community groups interested in creating appropriate developments.<\/p>\n

Lack of affordable housing has been a hot topic especially in Metro Vancouver, where the price of a home is beyond the reach of many high income earners.<\/p>\n

Clark did not say how many of the 2,000 units would be available in the Vancouver area, adding affordable housing is also an issue in other communities.<\/p>\n

She suggested the federal government may contribute some cash if it works with provinces in the future to provide affordable housing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we have a chance to have that (fund) matched or met by the federal government we want it to be as big as it possibly can be,\u201d Clark said.<\/p>\n

She said 10,000 people from elsewhere in the country have moved to B.C. in the last six months, creating an even bigger housing crunch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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