Victoria and Saanich team up on rental electrification
Greater Victoria’s two largest municipalities continue to show they can play nice with each other. The latest example is a joint media release regarding mutual initiatives that incentivize owners of rental buildings to convert to electric power.
“The City of Victoria and the District of Saanich recently announced tax exemption programs that support electrification retrofits in rental buildings, the first initiative of its kind in British Columbia,” the release stated. “In tandem, the municipalities have partnered with Landlord BC and BC Hydro to expand the Rental Apartment Retrofit Accelerator (RARA) Program, initiated in Vancouver in 2023.”
The mayors of Victoria and Saanich said the programs will help reduce fossil fuel consumption in the region, and provide access to summer cooling during future heat waves.
Victoria’s Rental Apartment Retrofit Accelerator Program
