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BC NDP’s tight majority government must deliver on “Eby-bate”
11 hours ago · With a soft election win, the BC NDP must quickly deliver on its "Eby-bate" affordability rebate, but should also consider the merits of opposition proposals like a housing tax write-off, argues Rob Shaw. Darren Stone, Times Colonist. With the BC NDP landslide victory now confirmed at 22 votes, step one for the robust new majority government is ...
Province funnels $1.4M to Burnaby to support big housing changes
Jan 18, 2024 · Jennifer Gauthier. The province is doling out money to cities affected by sweeping new housing legislation, and Burnaby will get $1.36 million. It's part of $51 million in grants the province is giving to 188 communities to support them in the transition to the new housing rules. The provincial changes approved in November include allowing up ...
Burnaby residents invited to shape 25-year community plan
Apr 20, 2024 · Burnaby residents can share their thoughts on an early draft of the city’s most important community-planning document. Burnaby’s Official Community Plan (OCP), which will set the high-level policy direction for the next 25 years, is now in the drafting stage.. Burnaby expects to add 100,000 people and 50,000 jobs by 2050, and it has offered two growth scenarios which lay out different ...
Burnaby's hospital redevelopment getting closer to moving to …
Jul 8, 2024 · The province says phase two of the Burnaby Hospital redevelopment project is closer to starting after it announced the preferred proponent team has been hired.. A multi-party contract, also known as a single target outturn cost alliance development agreement, was unveiled today, July 8, and will involve PCL Constructors Westcast Inc. and Parkin Architects Western Ltd. as the primary ...
Shoeboxes full of toys for drop-off in Burnaby-Coquitlam
1 day ago · Burnaby and Coquitlam residents are being called upon to bring hope and happiness to kids around the world by filling up shoeboxes full of toys, school supplies and personal hygiene items. Operation Christmas Child by Samaritan's Purse is hosting its 2024 holiday shoebox collection week starting next Monday, Nov. 18.
Funding crisis forces Burnaby to postpone major community …
Aug 28, 2024 · Burnaby has postponed the $205-million Confederation Park Community Centre redevelopment, originally scheduled to begin construction this fall, as the city’s major civic project funding has run out.. Councillors unanimously voted to defer the project at a meeting Aug. 26, directing staff to return “in a reasonable time” with options on how the project can proceed, including information ...
Burnaby needs 40K new homes by 2041: housing needs report
Oct 15, 2024 · A new report shows Burnaby will need more than double the homes than it expected by 2031. The city’s new housing needs report estimates Burnaby needs 36,540 homes by 2031, 143% more than its previous estimate, to keep on track to build 74,051 homes by 2041. From 2021 to 2026, the city’s estimates have increased by 181% to 22,724 new homes ...
Top news stories of Burnaby development, real estate and housing
Jan 1, 2024 · Burnaby’s Housing Needs Report has a goal for the city to add 3,050 purpose-built rentals by 2025. Instead, hundreds of rental units have been lost since 2020, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. data. Vancouver city staff crunched the numbers on the change in purpose-built rental stock in the region between 2017 and 2022.
It's the end of days for single-family zoning in Burnaby
Jun 14, 2024 · Six units on lots at least 281 sq. m. (3,025 sq. ft.) and within 400 metres of a bus stop with frequent service. The changes approved by council this week will affect all 30,933 residential lots in Burnaby, most of which are more than 280 sq. m. (99.6 per cent of those lots), meaning almost all local lots will now be zoned for at least four units.