2022 R21 – Amend the Homeowner Protection Act

Whereas the Homeowner Protection Act requires licensing of residential builders both in communities providing building inspection and in areas not providing building inspection;

And whereas many small rural BC communities are undersupplied or otherwise constrained in residential construction starts due to a limited number of licensed residential builders:

Therefore be it resolved that UBCM to lobby the Province of British Columbia to amend the Homeowner Protection Act to eliminate or suspend the residential builder licensing requirement in rural communities providing municipal building inspection.