Canadian Home Builders' Association
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A Stabilizing Approach to Step Codes:
- Pause mandatory increases beyond Step 3 for Part 9 Buildings under the BC Energy Step Code and allow higher steps to remain voluntary and incentive-based.
- Limit the Zero Carbon Step Code to Emissions Level 2 (EL-2) by 2030 to balance meaningful emissions reductions with regional flexibility in harder-to-electrify communities.
- Harmonize regional and local government step code timelines and implementation.
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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, Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly, Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly, 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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Energy
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Reducing the Cost to Build Homes:
- Expand in-stream protections in the Local Government Act beyond the 12 months currently legislated to reflect today’s project timelines.
- Reform municipal infrastructure funding model to better align municipal finance tools with population, economic growth, and housing starts.
- Increase municipal accountability by establishing a fair minimum assist factor beyond the 1% currently legislated for local governments on development cost charges (DCCs) and amenity cost charges (ACCs).
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Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly, 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, Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly
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Housing
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Streamlining Approvals:
- Place moratorium on new requirements for the building sector until the sector has time to recover.
- Increase reliance on qualified professionals by eliminating duplicate reviews and sign-offs, while also introducing expedited approval streams for applications completed by a qualified professional.
- Improve the one-window permitting process by ensuring: adequate staff capacity to review and process applications, standardized permitting timelines, and continued review of permits across ministries to reduce unnecessary and unclear regulatory/processing requirements.
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Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly, 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, Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly
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Housing
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