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B.C. Premier Christy Clark met with reporters in Surrey Tuesday to offer details on her government’s pledge to build nearly 2,900 additional affordable housing units in 68 new projects around the province.

The investment is part of $855 million in spending that was previously announced, an amount that Clark called on Tuesday the “largest single-year investment in affordable housing that any government in the history of (Canada) has ever made.”

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But a closer look at the numbers provided by the housing ministry shows nearly one in 10 of the announced units are not new builds. As well, roughly one third of all units unveiled during Tuesday’s media event had previously been announced by the province.

Meanwhile, the number of units announced by Clark is not large enough to cover the housing needs of B.C.’s largest city alone, much less the entire province.

Clark detailed the spending for reporters at the project site of a new 40-unit development that will house single women with children who have special needs. Construction is scheduled to start next fall.