Certain communities remain exempted from the tax, which increases rental availability. Time for change?
Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of
All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at
. SHARES Due to a housing shortage on Salt Spring Island, some workers have to commute from Vancouver Island. Some say implementing the speculation and vacancy tax on BC’s Gulf Islands would ease the shortage.
Blake Brown has seen the housing crisis on Salt Spring Island from both sides. And it’s clearly desperate.
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