Student and low cost rental housing

There is a need for rental units at a reasonable rate. This is especially true for students at TRU. We have many “in-law” suites in the community. These cannot be rented legally but do offer an option for student housing. In a question posed to me by Kamloops This Week I was asked if I supported legalizing all secondary suites in the city. I responded yes but I may not have listened to the question correctly. Some suites have serious building or electrical issues. All owners of secondary suites should have the option of legalizing them. We need to offer a framework for requiring existing suites to be brought up to a standard, inspected and, if they pass that inspection they could be rented as legal suites.