Housing affordability front and centre of upcoming budget: Christy Clark
Posted January 12, 2016 12:54 pm.
Last Updated January 12, 2016 1:09 pm.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – The issue of housing affordability is set to feature prominently in the coming budget, says Premier Christy Clark.
“We want to be really careful about unintended consequences,” says Clark. “But we’re thinking of a range of solutions…as we put together our budget, this is front and centre for us.”
She says any measures the government takes must not devalue homes, providing this example.
“If somebody owns a $400,000 condo, and government makes a move that reduces the value of that, they’ve got a mortgage on $400,000, not on $350,000,” says Clark.
Of particular focus, Clark says she’ll be looking at things that could help first-time buyers enter the housing market.
