Urban Development Institute
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Advocate to limit provincial, regional & municipal land use/zoning restrictions on industrial sites.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Economic Development and Trade, Municipal Affairs
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Advocating for a one year suspension of any new requirements, fees, charges, taxes and amenity contributions that add costs/delays to projects. Additionally, to apply the same property tax reductions and deadline extensions that were announced for commercial land owners to Class 1 residential building sites that are exempt from the Speculation& Vacancy Tax (SVT) & Purpose Built Rental (PBR) buildings.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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COVID-19, Municipal Affairs, Taxation and Finance
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Advocating for changes to the Speculation & Vacancy Tax, Additional School Tax, Foreign Buyer Tax, Empty Homes Tax with regard to their application on development lands, purpose built rental & unsold inventory.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Municipal Affairs, Taxation and Finance
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Advocating for continued provincial investment in transit and transit infrastructure in large urban regions of British Columbia, and tying municipal housing targets to transit infrastructure funding.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Finances and Budgets, Municipal Affairs, Transportation
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Advocating to improve the efficiency and clarity of the provincial environmental regulatory framework such as the Water Sustainability Act permitting, provincial approvals for development on contaminated sites, and the Riparian Areas regulation.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Forestry
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Advocating to limit tax increases on retail landlords in high growth areas where land values can rapidly increase.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Municipal Affairs, Taxation and Finance
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Advocating to permanently extending the timelines set out in Policy Statements 5 & 6 issued by the Superintendent of Real Estate (pursuant to the Real Estate Development Marketing Act (REDMA) to allow for an early marketing period and to obtain a building permit & satisfactory financing commitment before buyers can unilaterally terminate their pre-sale contracts.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Finances and Budgets, Taxation and Finance
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Requested a guidance document and an annual provincial monitoring process for the use of the Residential Rental Tenure Zoning policy.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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COVID-19, Municipal Affairs
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Seeking additional funding and incentives for purpose-built rental buildings, should upgrades become mandated.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Housing
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Seeking an extension to the twelve month grandfathering period for Development Cost Charges (DCCs) by an additional six months due slow municipal processing times. Currently, when DCC rates increase, developments that are already underway or receive building permits within 12 months are exempt from the increase.
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Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation, Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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COVID-19, Finances and Budgets, Municipal Affairs, Taxation and Finance
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Seeking changes to the existing and future building code and building policies to mitigate the impact on our members.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Industry, Municipal Affairs
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Seeking flexibility and public sector leadership in any proposed policy options presented as part of the consultation on requirements for Alterations of Existing Buildings.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Housing
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Seeking industry and stakeholder involvement in future discussions about embodied carbon and tall wood-frame/CLT construction incentives or requirements.
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Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
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Environment, Forestry, Housing
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Seeking provincial incentives such as waiving Property Transfer Tax and Provincial Sales Tax on new rental housing.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Municipal Affairs, Taxation and Finance
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