The Province
If Premier Christy Clark’s government believes that investing $703 million over the next three years is somehow going to benefit 42,000 households become homeowners, and in turn help grow the B.C. economy, I have to wonder what toxic substance members of her cabinet ingested before they came to such a decision.
Low-income families, seniors and people with disabilities have been screaming out of desperation for years to see more affordable housing projects built, while many middle-class income earners are paying exorbitant rents with very little saved up to buy homes that are so grossly expensive and over-priced that the potential benefits and gains from real estate are no longer a realistic option for anyone but the highest income earners and the super rich.
People need a clean, safe shelter to live in. For $703 million, I wonder how many homes could be built that would give both low-income and middle-class earners a mixed diverse community to live in, much like the national housing cooperative program that was cancelled in the 1980s and which was listed as the most successful housing strategy of its time.
Leslie Benisz, Vancouver
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