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BC Housing is a provincial Crown agency responsible for
subsidized housing Subsidized housing is a subsidy aimed towards alleviating housing costs and expenses for impoverished people with low to moderate incomes. In the United States, subsidized housing is often called "affordable housing". Forms of subsidies include d ...
options across the province. The agency was founded in 1967 as the BC Housing Management Authority by Municipal Affairs Minister Daniel Campbell. BC Housing is currently under the Ministry of Attorney General and Minister responsible for Housing and located in
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. They license residential builders, administer owner builder authorizations and carry out research and education that benefits the residential construction industry, consumers and the affordable housing sector. Licensing & Consumer Services (Licensing, previously known as the Homeowner Protection Office) is a branch of BC Housing. It is responsible for licensing residential builders and building envelope renovators province-wide; administering Owner Builder Authorizations; and carrying out research and education which benefits the residential construction industry and consumers.


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