B.C. Premier David Eby is projecting that the province will deliver 250,000 new homes over the next decade.

Eby made the projection at a B.C. Chamber of Commerce event, The Vancouver Sun reported. He told the audience that that the housing ministry convened a panel of economists do modelling to achieve the goal. Many of the homes are expected to be rental-housing units.

The provincial government has passed new legislation designed to create more multi-family rental housing development near public transit. The legislation requires municipal governments to designate transit-oriented developments near rapid-transit stations and bus exchanges.

Eby told the chamber that local governments and First Nations have been given detailed manuals and technical resources to support the province’s housing plan, the Sun reported.

Ravi Kahlon, the province’s housing minister, has contended that layers of regulations deterring transit-oriented development.

(Pictured: B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon)