2023 saw a spike in new purpose-built rental homes in B.C., according to stats released Thursday (Jan. 11) by the province.
New data from BC Housing shows the number of registered purpose-built rental homes in B.C. rose by almost 31 per cent compared to 2022.
Provincial authorities registered just over 19,000 rental homes in 2023, the highest annual total since BC Housing started collecting this data in 2002.
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