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16 regional districts now included in B.C.’s 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’s 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.

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Lauren Collins

About the Author: Lauren Collins

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