Housing: Chad Hipolito and Press Conference

housing: Premier Horgan answers questions from the media during a press conference following the speech from the throne in the legislative assembly in Victoria on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, according to The Toronto Star. Chad Hipolito / THE CANADIAN PRESS He said if a community can't provide housing for workers then they can't build much needed housing or sustain local economies. Premier John Horgan says British Columbia boasts Canada's strongest economy but growth is threatened by a shortage of affordable housing for workers and their families. It's a puzzle the provincial government is trying to solve through last week's budget and the 7 billion investment it promised last year in a decade-long affordable housing strategy, Horgan told the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce. If we're going to just build single room boxes in the sky we're not going to be able to meet the needs of growing families. If you don't have an affordable home to live in you don't have much going on, he said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.