Housing Affordability in BC — with David Eby

BC’s Attorney General and Minister of Housing David Eby joins Am Johal for this episode of Below the Radar, discussing policy solutions to BC’s housing crisis — from protecting tenants’ rights and serving those who are under-housed to curbing speculation and quashing renovictions, to addressing issues of supply and an aging rental stock. David also looks back on getting his start as a lawyer and housing advocate in Vancouver’s urban core decades ago. He provides insights into his time in office so far, and the different policies he has gone, and continues to go to bat for. He speaks to the effects of COVID-19 on Vancouver’s housing availability and real estate market, and gives a brief update on the public enquiry into money laundering in BC. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/102-david-eby.html Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/102-david-eby.html Resources: — David Eby - MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey: https://davidebymla.ca/ — The Dash Podcast: https://www.thedashpod.ca/ — Sen̓áḵw: https://senakw.com/ — Pivot Legal Society: https://www.pivotlegal.org/ — BC Civil Liberties Association: https://bccla.org/ Bio: David Eby is the provincial government representative (MLA) for Vancouver-Point Grey, first elected in 2013. A proud local resident, David was re-elected in 2020 to serve a third term in the B.C. Legislature and in November 2020 was appointed to his current role as Attorney General and Minister of Housing by Premier John Horgan. Before he was elected, David was the Executive Director of the BC Civil Liberties Association, an adjunct professor of law at the University of British Columbia, president of the HIV/AIDS Legal Network, and served on the Vancouver Foundation’s Health and Social Development Committee. An award-winning human rights lawyer, he has been repeatedly recognized in local media as one of British Columbia’s most effective advocates and has appeared at all levels of court in BC. His years of legal advocacy at Pivot Legal Society to protect the human rights and dignity of homeless and under-housed residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside were recognized in 2011 by the UN Association in Canada and the B.C. Human Rights Coalition with their annual award. David is the author of several books and articles on legal rights. His handbook on arrest rights is now in its third printing, with more than 10,000 copies in circulation. Cite this episode: Chicago Style Johal, Am. “Housing Affordability in BC — with David Eby.” Below the Radar, SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, January 29, 2021. https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/102-david-eby.html.