[Article] Building equity: lessons for affordable housing in BC

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No topic has dominated the headlines in recent years more than housing, or the growing lack of affordable options in Metro Vancouver and other cities in British Columbia. Scarce and expensive housing is eroding the province’s liveability and economy and large price rises have become a source of enormous wealth inequality.  

Our new report analyzes policy changes introduced by the BC and federal governments in recent years—including speed bumps to slow more speculative forms of investment, regulatory changes to municipal zoning and rental markets and new public investments in affordable housing stock—and looks to next steps for a solutions agenda. It summarizes lessons from the Building Equity research project, a four-year CCPA-BC investigation into housing affordability in Metro Vancouver supported by the Vancouver Foundation, and extends them province-wide with a range of policy recommendations.