David Eby’s 100-day plan
At a glance (2 minute read)
- The plan includes a new anti-flipping tax, province-wide approvals for three homes on all single-family properties and secondary suites, removing age restrictions in some stratas, and funding $500 million rental housing acquisition strategy.
When former attorney general and housing minister David Eby becomes premier, in his first 100 days in office, he promises to begin:
- expanding affordable market and rental housing,
- creating safer communities;
- redirecting fossil fuel subsidies to clean energy; and
- improving access to healthcare, including fast-tracking the process for foreign-trained doctors to work in the province.
These priorities are part of Eby’s new 100-day plan which he announced at a press conference on October 21.
“The cost of housing, the strain on healthcare, and the impacts of climate change on our communities — we must confront the big challenges people are facing,” Eby said. “So much of our province’s success depends on people having an affordable place to call home.”
Eby previously announced the affordable housing priorities in September.
That plan includes a new anti-flipping tax, province-wide approvals for three homes on all single-family properties and secondary suites, removing age restrictions in some stratas, and funding $500 million rental housing acquisition strategy.
These actions will require partnerships with municipal, regional and federal governments, non-profit groups, service providers, homebuilders and First Nations.
The Union of BC municipalities (UBCM) analyzed Eby’s housing plan, noting the plan isn’t official government policy and details on each proposal are limited. The same goes for this 100-day plan, which has few details.
Eby is transitioning into his role in the coming weeks and will be sworn in as the province’s 37th premier on November 18. He says he doesn’t plan to call an election before the fixed date of October 19, 2024.