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VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby is expected to announce his government's plans to take on the housing affordability crisis today.Eby, who was housing minister before running for premier, released a housing plan during his leadership campaign aimed at addressing affordability, targeting speculators and protecting renters.
His proposed plan would fast-track affordable housing by speeding approvals, use government land for some projects, make all secondary suites across the province legal and allow homebuilders to replace a single-family house with up to three units on the same lot. Eby said on Friday that he planned to"hit the ground running" and then set out two one-time payments for residents, to help mitigate inflation pressures for residents.
Yesterday, he announced a new public safety plan to increase enforcement on repeat violent offenders and expand mental-health crisis response teams.
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