The B.C. government is chipping away at promises made under its multi-billion-dollar housing plan, announcing two new initiatives aimed at boosting supply and affordability on Monday.

The province is launching a new guide for homeowners who want to build and manage a rental suite on their property. That comes ahead of planned legislation to make secondary suites legal throughout B.C. and an incentive program that would offer some 3,000 homeowners forgivable loans of up to $40,000 to build and rent them below market rate.

“You don’t have to navigate your way on your own through the maze of the provincial government. It has every step that you need, it takes you from beginning to end,” Premier David Eby said at a Monday press conference.

“It’s not the full answer, it’s not the silver bullet, we have to go at this issue of housing from so many angles and that’s what we’re doing.”

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