The federal government has pledged $2.3 billion over two years to fund affordable housing programs, The Province reported.
Penny Gurstein, head of UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning, said the investments are modest.
“It is all good. It is better than nothing but it doesn’t address the need in places like Vancouver where there are huge waiting lists of people wanting to get into B.C. Housing units,” she said. “It may be shoring up some housing that is in really bad shape, like existing social housing.”
A similar story appeared in Calgary Herald, Vancouver Sun.
