How can governments maintain the scarcity of housing, keep renters in crisis, and subsidize people who don’t need subsidies with one simple program?
The answer? Spend $750 million on rent supplements over the last 7 years. According to research supplied by NDP MLA Dave Eby, the BC government has…
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