The B.C. Urban Mayors’ Caucus and Union of B.C. Municipalities are calling on the province to accelerate projects to address housing gaps and escalating municipal costs, following the release of data showing nearly half of the survey respondents have housing projects on hold due to lack of provincial funding.

“Urban municipalities are carrying the costs of a housing and homelessness crisis, without the resources to solve these challenges alone,” caucus co-chair Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto said in a news release. “We are calling on the province to consider this data, and accelerate project funding and delivery to help create more homes for people who need them to ease the pressure on local services – and local budgets.”

The data comes from a survey of 14 responding municipalities conduct

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