Housing Q&A: Peter Hallschmid, B.C. Greens

The Burnaby NOW sent the following five questions on housing to each of the Burnaby candidates.

Candidates were asked to answer each question in 50 words or less. 

Here are the answers from Peter Hallschmid, running for the B.C. Greens in Burnaby North.

1. What city do you live in, and what neighbourhood in that city?

I live in East Vancouver in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood.

2. Do you rent or own your own home?

Own.

3. If you own a home, when did you buy it? How has the current housing market situation impacted you?

We bought our home in 2003. We’re fortunate enough to have bought before the current housing affordability situation.

4. If you rent, or have another housing arrangement, how has the current housing market situation impacted you?

N/A

5. If there is one single policy that the next provincial government can enact to address a housing need, what would that policy be? Be specific.

I believe the most import policy in the B.C. Green platform that addresses housing affordability is an increase the foreign buyers' tax rate to 30 per cent and to apply it provincewide.