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Announcement follows sudden and major overhaul of board members last summer

There is little consensus about what sweeping leadership changes mean for the provincial housing agency and its $2-billion annual budget.

Opposition critics call for more transparency about what’s going on at the province’s housing agency.

Over half of the board members of provincial crown corporation BC Housing were suddenly dismissed and replaced last Friday evening.

With a $7 billion boost in the provincial housing agency's budget for the next decade, the province tasked firm Ernst & Young to look into the agency. Just a week after its report went public, Housing Minister David Eby announced its Board of Commissioner members are out.

Effective immediately, the board is solely comprised of Allan Seckel (chair) and recently appointed board members Jill Kot, Sheila Taylor, Mark Sieben and Russ Jones.

The B.C. government announced a significant shake-up of the board of commissioners for BC Housing Friday evening.

The province announced major changes to BC Housing late Friday in a move that immediately shook up the composition of its board of commissioners after an external review was concluded last month. In a statement issued at 6:35 p.m.