2024 R12 – BC Secondary Suite Incentive Program
- Year: 2024
- AVICC Number: R12
- UBCM Number: NR29
- North Coast RD
Whereas the BC government aims to create more housing in all of BC through the introduction of the pilot Secondary Suite Incentive Program (SSIP);
And whereas eligibility for the Secondary Suite Incentive Program does not include properties within many regional district electoral areas:
Therefore be it resolved that the AVICC and UBCM advocate to the BC government to expand the Secondary Suite Incentive Program to include all municipalities and electoral areas thereby reducing inequities and barriers to participation.
- Year: 2024
- AVICC Number: R12
- Sponsor: North Coast RD
- Resolution Type: Provincial
- Category: Housing
- AVICC Decision: Endorsed
- AVICC Amendment: AVICC Amendment goes here.
- AVICC Action: Facilitated Minister Meeting at UBCM, Forwarded to UBCM
- AVICC Response: AVICC Response text goes here
- AVICC Response link
- UBCM Number: NR29
- UBCM Decision: Endorsed as amended
- UBCM Amendment: Amended to remove "AVICC and" from the enactment clause as presented before UBCM delegates.
- Provincial Response:Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs The Secondary Suite Incentive Program SSIP pilot opened for applications in May 2024, providing conditional financial assistance to eligible homeowners to build a new secondary suite or accessory dwelling unit for rental at below-market rates. The pilot program closed for new applications on March 30, 2025. Low uptake from the public, along with the federal governments plan to launch a similar program, led to a decision to wind down the pilot early and reprioritize funding.
- UBCM Response link
The AVICC acknowledges that we are grateful to live, work, and play on the traditional territories of theCoast Salish, Nuu-Chah-Nulth and Kwak-Waka’wakw Peoples