Victoria Residential Builders Association announce the Gold winners at the 2026 Construction Achievements and Renovations of Excellence (CARE) Awards of Vancouver Island. vrba.ca/news/2026-care-award… #yyj
Public review of proposed changes to National Building Code underway from Oct 26 to Dec 21, 2026 cbhcc-cchcc.ca/en/public-rev… VRBA's Nov 12 lunch speakers are Jun’ichi Jensen, Director, BC Codes & Standards & Murray Frank, Building It Right vrba.ca/news/public-review-o… #yyj #bcpoli
Glaring example of BC govt inertia adding to housing costs is lack of enforcing interpretations of own BC Building Code. The province must know what it means when adopting/changing its own code. Read vrba.ca/news/digitize-bindin… #yyj #bcpoli
Watch for the 2026 CARE Awards magazine in
@timescolonist Sat Oct 31 showcasing Gold winners/VRBA members. careawards.ca #yyj
Here is our column appearing tomorrow in Wednesday's Times Colonist - Housing Advice for New Conservative Govt vrba.ca/wp-content/uploads/H… Also on our blog vrba.ca/news/housing-advice-… #yyj #bcpoli
"Improve energy security/affordability by removing the ability for municipalities to obstruct natural gas, especially RNG....opportunity to significantly boost housing supply & affordability...first step is for govt to learn how the market works" vrba.ca/news/housing-advice-… #bcpoli
"Enforce timelines for building permits. Permits often take several months for a single family home...should be a week or two at most. All municipalities should be held to a reasonable standard in the interests of affordability." vrba.ca/news/housing-advice-… #bcpoli #yyj
"Enforce interpretations of your own BC Building Code instead of allowing municipalities to misinterpret the code and force delays at the BC Building Code Appeal Board, an unnecessary cost." vrba.ca/news/housing-advice-… #yyj #bcpoli
"Enforce DCC Best Practices Guide. Past govts approved DCC increases of 258% in Victoria, 180% in Saanich...province may refuse approval if DCCs are “excessive, deter development or discourage construction of reasonably priced housing.” vrba.ca/news/housing-advice-… #yyj #bcpoli
"Scrap Step Code & support Built Green based on homebuyer affordability and builder certification. Step Code unwisely enables 180 local govts to demand high levels of Step Code regardless of cost, unintended consequences, or training" vrba.ca/news/housing-advice-… #bcpoli #yyj
"Have a strategy for lack of responsible regional planning for housing/infrastructure in Greater Victoria. Bill 44 was a work-around...boosted missing middle housing...If planning changes have an effective plan that works for industry/homebuyers" vrba.ca/news/housing-advice-… #bcpoli
"Scrap Eby’s plan to buy condos & instead eliminate the GST for all new homebuyers, as done in Ontario...kick-starts new construction & jobs. Review/remove the myriad of taxes on housing launched by the previous govt." vrba.ca/news/housing-advice-… #yyj #bcpoli
"Elected officials & administrators have good intentions, but lack real-world expertise to develop effective housing policy...Industry-led housing seminars for the caucus, municipal councils and administrators should be mandatory." vrba.ca/news/housing-advice-… #yyj #bcpoli
"Ottawa & Washington...ramped up talks for a deal to obtain relief from US tariffs...White House seeks some kind of breakthrough ahead of midterm elections..Prime Minister also signalled he’s not sure he can trust the US govt to honour a future trade deal" theglobeandmail.com/world/us…
“The housing crisis is not easing – it is changing shape...While renters & buyers have seen some relief, it is short-term...structural shortage of supply remains, and it is getting worse because we have largely stopped building" theglobeandmail.com/canada/a… #yyj #bcpoli
"rejection of the BC NDP in Saturday’s vote spares the province two more years of fiscal malpractice by Mr Eby & his party....deliver modest austerity now, or BC can experience a hard-edged version a few years down the line, dictated by bond markets" theglobeandmail.com/opinion/… #yyj
Adrian Raeside cartoon: A parting reminder for David Eby timescolonist.com/opinion/ad… via @timescolonist #yyj
“Turns out he’s not the smartest guy in the room, only the tallest” vancouversun.com/opinion/col… #yyj #bcpoli
"could see the unrest & frustration among residents, who were feeling ignored" Ironic considering Brownoff, Brice, de Vries on CRD ignored review of a housing impact study & boosted DCCs by $9,044 per home. Change in #Saanich was long overdue. timescolonist.com/local-news… #yyj #bcpoli
"Our first priority for the legislature is raising the basic personal exemption to $32,000...That is about $1,000 a year back in the pocket of nearly every working British Columbian...also follow through...to not raise taxes or introduce new ones" timescolonist.com/2026-bc-vo… #yyj
Housing Advice for BC's New Conservative Govt: Nobody knows housing better than those earning their living in it. Here is some advice: Scrap Eby’s plan to buy condos & instead eliminate the GST for all new homebuyers...more at vrba.ca/news/housing-advice-… #yyj #bcpoli


