B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon remained tight-lipped regarding details of upcoming housing legislation while attending the Union of B.C. Municipalities Wednesday.
B.C. Mental Health and Addictions Minister Jennifer Whiteside was also in attendance at the UBCM, where she joined a housing panel with Kahlon and Conroy. Morrison focused on the declining number of affordable rental housing units and what he described as “the proliferation of short-term rental business.”
Coun. Amit Gaur from the City of Parksville raised the issue of drought and the carrying capacity of municipalities. Misty vanPopta, a councillor with the Township of Langley, also raised the question of how to balance the increase in housing with infrastructure. North Cowichan Mayor Rob Douglas highlighted the need for housing legislation to meet the needs of not only higher density communities, but rural ones as well.