Langford pushes back on addition to B.C.s housing targets list – BC [Video]

The Vancouver Island city of Langford is slamming the province after it was added to the NDP government’s so-called “naughty list” of municipalities that need to build more housing.

Since 2023, the province has handed housing targets to 30 municipalities that it says have the highest need and projected growth.

On Thursday, the Housing Ministry said it was teeing up another batch of municipalities to receive targets, including Burnaby, Coquitlam, Courtenay, the township of Langley, Langford, Penticton, Pitt Meadows, Richmond, Squamish and Vernon. The province says the targets will reflect 75 per cent of each municipality’s estimated housing need.

“Many in the fourth group are already leaders in building more homes,” the ministry said in a media release.

“By joining the housing targets program, they will demonstrate that all communities, big and small, have a vital role to play in addressing the housing crisis.”

But being handed targets isn’t going over well in the fast-growing Victoria suburb …