To help address the need for a significant increase in housing, BCREA is calling on the next Government of Canada to repurpose the Housing Accelerator Fund.
Posts tagged with “Housing Policy”


BCREA’s 2025 Government Liaison Days conference featured calls for housing taxation review and a permanent housing roundtable of experts.

On Thursday, March 27, 2025, BCREA launched Government Relations Quarterly (GRQ), a quarterly newsletter to be sent directly to BC REALTORS®.

Despite BC’s increased construction pace, more aggressive reforms and a major construction workforce expansion are needed to improve housing affordability in the province.

The BC Government has reversed course on two recent changes to the Residential Tenancy Act as they relate to buyers of tenanted properties.

BCREA and CMBA-BC are calling upon the BC Government to amend and refine recent changes to the Residential Tenancy Act.

In this Market Intelligence, we will look at the potential impact of this policy on the BC housing market and draw out some of its potential consequences.

In this market intelligence, we take the example of Auckland as indicative of what a policy of aggressive housing liberalization and upzoning could achieve in the BC housing market.

BCREA presented an array of housing policy recommendations to the provincial Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services.

Learn more about how recent changes to age-restrictions in strata corporations may affect you.

This year, BC’s organized real estate sector collectively advocated for a more thoughtful housing policymaking process and increased missing middle housing options.

The announcement was made at a Surrey Board of Trade Event with Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon.

The call to establish a permanent housing roundtable in BC is supported by a broad collection of market and non-market housing organizations.

On February 28, 2023, Minister of Finance Katrine Conroy delivered the BC 2023 Budget Speech, adding financial promises to bolster Premier Eby’s stated governmental priorities.

The Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin opened the 42nd parliament’s fourth session with a Throne Speech outlining Premier Eby’s priorities. The speech touched on initiatives that will impact BC’s real estate sector.

At the 2022 Political Action Committee Days conference in Ottawa last week, we met with members of Parliament from communities across BC to discuss policies that promote a vibrant and sustainable real estate sector.

As British Columbians head to the polls on October 15, BCREA is pleased to share the top housing affordability solutions that should be the policy focus of candidates running for office across the province.

At the 2022 UBCM Convention, delegates from BCREA and five of BC’s real estate boards met with municipal leaders to discuss how housing supply and affordability issues have impacted their communities.

When parliament next meets it will look very similar to what it looked like prior to the election, although there may be big changes coming to the real estate sector based on the Liberal Party’s campaign platform.

As Canadians get ready to elect a new federal government next week, two issues are top of mind according to several public opinion polls: housing affordability and climate change.