Liberals to unveil rent-to-own housing program in throne speech

VICTORIA — Premier Christy Clark will unveil an ambitious rent-to-own housing program in her government’s speech from the throne later today, the latest in a series of last-minute reforms she says are designed to embarrass her opponents into voting for her agenda, rather than her defeat, in the legislature.
The rent-to-own program will target middle-class renters in B.C. who lack the down payment required to buy a condo or town home, allowing them to rent one of thousands of promised