B.C. Premier David Eby says his housing policies are intended to result in a decline in home prices — an outcome new federal Housing Minister Gregor Robertson said he does not wish to see, sparking reaction and debate nationwide.
On Wednesday, Roberston told media in Ottawa he did not wish to see home prices decline but rather build affordable housing, meaning non-market options such as co-ops, social housing and rental units pegged to local incomes.
In the following days, Robertson re-asserted he did not want to reduce “the price of a family’s current home, which for most Canadians, is their most valuable asset.”
On Thursday, BIV asked Eby at
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