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Originally Posted by Hondaracer
There's no land left to give away..look around..
This isn't Vegas where you can expand for hundreds of miles, virtually all developable land is taken. Until you start taking land from the ALR and parks etc. there's nothing left
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What are you talking about? BC (or Canada) has shit load of empty land.
I think people are hesitant to move Northern BC (or northern part of Southern BC) is probably the climate issue.
I know that climate shouldn't be a devastating problem since we have people living in Alaska and Yukon Territory.
If you look around north, you will find more land.
I think this is a great idea because the government doesn't have to pay for people to move. Because people will pay out of pocket to build their own house.
That $355 million, they could just spend on building up a new community.
Also adding conditions like "must be willing to spend at least $175,000" would be a great idea because we would keep crackheads out and let young family build new home. It could be even lower than $175,000 if it's a condo.
Look around in the states where they have lots of land. If you have that kinda money, you can buy a decent house/condo.
It will be good for responsible people who are willing to work hard but getting low wages.
In reality, I know that there are legislation problems and all the politics involved. I don't even know if it's doable with $355 million, but much better than spending tax money so that they can build bunch of $600,000 "affordable" housing.