Victoria Residential Builders Association

According to CMHC, year- to-date, (Jan to April 2026) Greater Victoria has posted 1,556 new homes, a 55% increase from the 1,003 last year (Jan to April 2025). That said, of the 864 new homes in April, 640 are apt/condos in Victoria.  Many municipalities had single digit starts or zero. Those with zero housing starts are Sidney, North Saanich, View Royal, Highlands, Sook...

The BC govt recently cancelled contracts for construction of the Burnaby Hospital’s second phase, as well as long-term care projects in Delta, Abbotsford, Chilliwack, and Kelowna.

Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma says the BC govt’s deficit of $13.3 billion is responsible for the cancelled projects. She says the hospital project is already hundreds of millions of dolla...

On March 26, Ontario announced a partnership with Ottawa to fund tax relief on new housing and a reduction of municipal development charges.

More than a month later, British Columbia homebuyers and builders are still waiting for similar tax relief.

The Ontario agreement removes the full 13% HST on new homes priced up to $1 million and covers all buyers including...

Got a call from the City of Victoria building permit dept. Claimed the builder voluntarily opted for $2,500 engineering report for installing spray foam. Wrong. The builder was told by the permit dept that the engineering report is mandatory. We sent the permit dept their own permit order. They responded they can’t discuss it. They called us!

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The BC government allows municipalities to effectively ban carbon-neutral, renewable natural gas (RNG) in new homes, undermining housing affordability and energy security.

Yet the province now admits BC has an electricity supply shortage. BC imports more electricity than any other province. Four years from now, the increased demand is expected to be about half of the e...