BCREA recently announced the publication of a new joint research study, Ensuring Healthy Homes for British Columbians: Provincial Standards for Remediation and Certification. The study, conducted by the University of the Fraser Valley Centre for Public Safety and Criminal Justice Research, lays out a blueprint to standardize processes of drug home remediation across British Columbia to assure standards of repair and help return these properties to the housing market.

In the wake of the study's release, BCREA sent a letter to the BC Government recommending the implementation of a standardized, provincial multi-step remediation policy, which would be of significant benefit for government, buyers, sellers, and ancillary-related businesses.

As stated in the letter: "Remediation standards are necessary to ensure homes used in drug operations are safe to reintroduce into the housing market. The current patchwork of policies at the municipal level are insufficient to ensure the health and safety of residences and their occupants."

To read BCREA's letter to government, click here.

To read the full study, click here.

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