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The agency was founded in 1967 as the BC Housing Management Authority by Municipal Affairs Minister Daniel Campbell. [1] BC Housing is currently under the Ministry of Attorney General and Minister responsible for Housing and located in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. They license residential builders, administer owner builder authorizations ...
The British Columbia Home Owner Mortgage and Equity partnership is a program offered by the Executive Council of British Columbia to first-time homebuyers who have been either citizens or permanent residents of Canada for the last five years and have been residents of British Columbia for at least a year before applying and have never owned a home.
The Canadian Home Builders' Association (CHBA) is a not-for-profit organization representing residential construction and related industry firms in Canada. It was founded in 1943, following closely the adoption of the National Building Code of Canada in 1941, and today claims a membership of over 9000.
This is a list of countries, territories and regions by home ownership rate, which is the ratio of owner-occupied units to total residential units in a specified area, based on available data. [1] [better source needed]
Canada's last housing busts happened during the early 1990s recession, when Canada was facing low commodity prices, [20] a large national debt and deficit that was weakening the value of the Canadian dollar, the possibility of Quebec independence, and a recession in Canada's main trading partner, the United States.
To aid the process, he negotiated the purchase of Dunhill Development Ltd. which became the Housing Corporation of British Columbia [4] and today is known as BC Housing. After a term as chairman of the Provincial Commission on Mobile Homes, which published a well-received report, in 1976 Audain established a company called Audain Planning Ltd ...
The BC Energy Step Code could open up new local economic development opportunities, and helps unlock a significant export opportunity. At a November 2017 conference, an assistant deputy minister with the Province of British Columbia's Office of Housing and Construction Standards called the BC Energy Step Code "a driver of the clean economy." [14]
Bill 28, the Miscellaneous Statutes (Housing Priority Initiatives) Amendment Act, 2016, is a British Columbian law that came into force on August 2, 2016. The law was introduced after calls urging the British Columbia provincial government to intervene in the housing market and curb foreign investment that was seen as a major contributor to the rapid rise in home prices.