B.C. Premier David Eby Announces $500M Renter Protection Fund

In Burnaby, David Eby, the premier of British Columbia, announces the creation of a $500-million renter protection fund, which will provide capital grants to non-profit organizations to purchase affordable rental buildings and co-ops. He is joined by Ravi Kahlon (provincial minister of housing), Spencer Chandra Herbert (chair of the government’s Rental Housing Task Force), Margaret Pfoh (CEO of Aboriginal Housing Management Association), Jill Atke (CEO of BC Non-Profit Housing Association), Thom Armstrong (CEO of Co-Operative Housing Federation of BC), and Gay Monkman (president of 155 Place Housing Co-Operative). (January 12, 2023) (no interpretation)