Government backtracks on post-pandemic surge in immigration amid public disapproval
Despite a rise in public anti-immigration sentiment, experts say immigration is just one factor in the housing affordability equation, and that post-COVID-19 federal policies have exacerbated issues that were previously contained.
“You see this back-and-forth where immigrants often end up as this kind of ping-pong ball,” said Nathanael Lauster, associate professor of sociology at the University of British Columbia . As numbers come down, spending is going up. At the provincial level, programs are growing to assist new immigrants. For example, the province quadrupled annual funding for newcomer services from $6 million to $25.6 million to ensure more people get more support more easily when they come to B.C.
In a 2022 paper he co-authored with Anabel Salinas, Teixeira looked at the experiences of Mexican immigrants in Vancouver suburbs and found that they were equally affected by inadequate housing supply. ISSofBC teams in Vancouver and Surrey help government-assisted refugees and refugee claimants actively search for permanent housing.
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