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16 regional districts now included in B.C.香蕉视频直播檚 secondary suite program

Pilot program introduced in 2023 to add as many as 1,000 affordable rental units per year
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Houses are covered with snow as the downtown skyline is seen in the distance, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, December 21, 2022. The province has expanded its secondary suite program to 16 regional districts, according to a news release Jan. 30, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. is expanding its secondary suite program to 16 regional districts.

Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon said Tuesday (Jan. 30) that 16 of the province香蕉视频直播檚 27 regional districts already have the necessary building bylaws and building-permit and inspections services to make them eligible for the three-year Secondary Suites Incentive Program. In the second or third years of the program, the province will look at whether or not it can add the remaining regional districts.

The program, which was announced in September 2023 for all 161 incorporated municipalities and set to launch April 2024, is aimed at adding as many as 1,000 affordable rental units per year for the three years.

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The province says it will provide approximately 3,000 homeowners will forgivable loans for as much as $40,000 to create a new secondary suite or accessory dwelling unit on their property. The units must be rented below market rates for at least five years.

香蕉视频直播淩ural homeowners who want to create a rental suite and people looking for affordable homes in rural B.C. will have more options soon,香蕉视频直播 said Roly Russell, B.C.香蕉视频直播檚 rural development parliamentary secretary.

The 16 regional districts now included in the program are: Alberni-Clayoquot, Capital, Central Kootenay, Central Okanagan, Cowichan Valley, East Kootenay, Fraser Valley, Fraser-Fort George, Kootenay Boundary, Nanaimo, North Okanagan, Squamish-Lillooet, Strathcona, Sunshine Coast, Thompson-Nicola and Peace River.

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Lauren Collins

About the Author: Lauren Collins

I'm a provincial reporter for Black Press Media's provincial team, after my journalism career took me around B.C. since I was 19 years old.
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