Vaughn Palmer: One more episode in Eby's single-minded push to increase housing supply

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A five\u002Dto\u002Dfour vote last week sent “missing middle” housing plan back to Victoria city staff for additional consideration over the summer.

A five-to-four vote last week sent the “missing middle” housing plan back to city staff for additional consideration over the summer.

It would expedite the development of duplexes and triplexes on lots currently zoned for single family homes. “We need to leverage the private sector to build housing that people need, that they can afford to buy. There are people that can get a mortgage and can afford to buy a home in the half-million-dollar range.”

Eby has hinted that once the votes are counted in October, the provincial government might introduce legislation to limit local government powers over housing development.

 

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More government red tape. That’s why no solution is on the horizon.

Still not enough you fail to realize how many of us expats are retiring in BC

What is wrong with increasing supply? That should help the housing market. Again PostMedia needs to have a negative headline to please their Conservative owners.

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