{"id":87966,"date":"2025-08-22T05:29:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T05:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/87966\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T05:29:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T05:29:21","slug":"b-c-government-sets-new-housing-targets-for-10-more-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/87966\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. government sets new housing targets for 10 more communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy n The Canadian Pressn<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted August 21, 2025 5:07 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>British Columbia has set new <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/housing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">housing<\/a> targets for a group of 10 more municipalities with the goal of meeting housing demands in the province.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755760927_148_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It says the orders aim to boost housing supply by about 40,000 homes over the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>The Housing Ministry says it\u2019s the fourth group of communities in the expanded housing-targets program, and includes Burnaby, Coquitlam, Courtenay, the Township of Langley, Langford, Penticton, Pitt Meadows, Richmond, Squamish and Vernon.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry says in a news release that each municipality has been given five-year targets, which begin on Sept. 1 and reflect 75 per cent of their estimated housing needs.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'B.C. municipalities struggling to meet housing targets set by province'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WEB_6P_MUNICIPAL_HOUSING_STRUGGLES.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:58<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tB.C. municipalities struggling to meet housing targets set by province\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11344400\/donald-trump-tariffs-mark-carney-call\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Trump-Carney-phone-call.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCarney holds \u2018productive\u2019 call with Trump as U.S. trade war stretches on\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11343767\/plague-california-lake-tahoe-flea\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/lake-tahoe-plague.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCalifornia resident tests positive for plague after camping near Lake Tahoe\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It says each municipality has been given a set of guidelines that recommend the number of units by size, and how many should be owned or rentals.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The ministry says more than 14,000 of the homes will be below-market rentals.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755801491_712_national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>It says more than 16,000 new homes have been built in the first 30 communities selected for housing targets.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest housing order in the latest group is for 10,240 homes in Burnaby, while Coquitlam, Richmond and the Township of Langley are each being told to boost supply by more than 6,000 homes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Politics<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By n The Canadian Pressn The Canadian Press Posted August 21, 2025 5:07 pm 1 min read 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