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Bill 28, the Miscellaneous Statutes (Housing Priority Initiatives) Amendment Act, 2016, is a British Columbian law that came into force on August 2, 2016. The law was introduced after calls urging the British Columbia (BC) provincial government to intervene in the housing market and curb foreign investment that was seen as a major contributor to the rapid rise in home prices.
The Act has four parts:

Vacancy tax: Amendments to the Vancouver Charter to enable the City of Vancouver to impose a municipal vacancy tax on vacant residential property
Foreign-buyers tax: Amendments to the Property Transfer Tax Act, imposing an additional property transfer tax of 20 percent on all residential property purchased by foreign buyers
Amendments to the Real Estate Services Act discontinuing industry self-regulation of the real estate industry
Creating a new Housing Priority Initiatives special account to fund initiatives in respect to housing, rental, access, and support programs with the new tax revenues resulting from this law.

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