Permissive Tax Exemptions for Not-For-Profit or Community Housing

Whereas offering permissive tax exemptions to non-profit societies is a valuable tool to support the creation of non-market housing; And whereas municipalities have the authority to grant permissive tax exemptions to non-profit societies which create non-market housing but regional districts do not: Therefore be it resolved the UBCM urge the Province to amend the Local Government Act to expand regional districts authority to include granting permissive tax exemptions to not-for-profit societies for non-market housing.