From the Government of Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/accessibility-standards-canada/news/2022/05/accessibility-standards-canada-and-the-ministry-of-attorney-general-and-responsible-for-housing-collaborate-on-accessible-building-codes-and-standards.html

People from diverse backgrounds with a passion to help build a better, more equitable province are encouraged to apply to be part of B.C.’s first anti-racism data committee.

Indigenous families and individuals have started moving into new affordable homes with the opening of a 23-unit rental housing development on the Tzeachten First Nation reserve, near Chilliwack.

National Indigenous Peoples Day is an opportunity to celebrate B.C.’s historic Anti-Racism Data Act, which is the first of its kind to be co-developed with Indigenous Peoples and prepare for the work ahead to turn this legislation into results for Métis, First Nations, Inuit and other racialized people. 

A first-of-its-kind housing development that will provide a mix of affordable rental homes for seniors and homes for people who require on-site dementia care support is now open in Vanderhoof.

From the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC): https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/media-newsroom/news-releases/2022/canada-supports-housing-at-risk-youth-vancouver

David Eby, Attorney General, has issued the following statement in response to the Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in British Columbia (the Cullen Commission):

Erin Lan-Ying Frew has been appointed as acting chair of the Property Assessment Appeal Board (PAAB), the independent tribunal established under the Assessment Act.  

Following a merit-based recruitment process, Simmi K. Sandhu has been appointed to a three-year term as chair of the Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT), the independent tribunal established under the Civil Resolution Tribunal Act.

More people experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Prince George will have safe and secure homes with support services with the opening of 50 new supportive housing units.