RECONCILIATION: MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER - BACKGROUND
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Governing Body
Responsibilities • Partners with local governments, non-profit agencies, and housing stakeholders through BC Housing • Maintains the BC Building Code and creates efficiencies so that it is easier to approve options such as secondary suites • Develops uniform technical standards that simplify building code compliance • Addresses housing affordability through the Homes for BC: A 30-Point Plan for Housing Affordability in British Columbia . The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is the main ministry responsible for implementing this plan • Develops, finances, manages, and administers a wide range of subsidized housing options across the province, including providing funding for on- and off- reserve housing • Partners with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing and stakeholders (including approximately 800 housing providers) to address critical gaps across the housing continuum • Provides asset management and redevelopment expertise and funding • Licenses residential builders • Administers owner/builder authorizations • Conducts research and guides education that benefits the residential construction industry and consumers • BC Housing is responsible for delivering the funding and operating programs in the 30-Point Plan ; specifically, the Building BC funding programs, including Indigenous Housing Fund and rental assistance programs. − BC Housing’s role also supports other key strategic areas of responsibility for the Government of BC, including: The Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction’s “Together BC - Poverty Reduction Strategy” The Ministry of Health’s “A Pathway to Hope: A Roadmap for Making Mental Health and Addictions Care Better for People in British Columbia” • Delivers Canada-BC bilateral housing programs, including programs under the National Housing Strategy • Funds emergency shelters, outreach services, transition housing • Provides social housing (landlord) • Works with the housing sector to advance housing policy and programs (e.g., the federal government, BC Non-Profit Housing Association (BCNPHA), AHMA, private developers) • Adopts growth strategies and plans that encourage affordable housing units • Nurtures a regulatory environment that is "housing-friendly" by allowing
BC Housing
Local Governments and Municipalities
secondary suites or promoting increased density and housing options • Provides pre-zoned land for development and higher-density transit • Offers property tax incentives and targeted reductions to build or renovate affordable housing • Streamlines development approval processes Source: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/housing-tenancy/affordable-and-social-housing/role-of-government BC Housing’s scope of power is partially limited by their role as a crown corporation. In the province of BC, crown corporations receive direction from the provincial government through mandate letters that communicate an annual strategic direction and priority for their
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