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Former city councilor Ellen Woodsworth speaks about her experience not only as a personal loss, but also as another casualty in Vancouver’s diminishing affordable...
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On Dec. 18, Vancouver City Council approved the demolition of the Dunsmuir Hotel, a single-room occupancy building with 167 units at the corner of...
Housing
The Park Beach Tenant Collective, members of the Vancouver Tenants Union, and supporters gathered outside Plan A Real Estate Services’ offices in downtown Vancouver...
Action
A building permit application made to the City of Vancouver in September 2022 reveals that landlord Andrzej Kowalski intends to replace the seven rental...
Analysis
In this essay Maria Wallstam and Nathan Crompton provide an overview of the historical evolution of government subsidies provided to Canada’s real-estate sector. State-backed...
Gentrification
The world has lost a key thinker and an inspirational person. The geographer Neil Smith passed away in New York early in the morning...
City Hall
This article was originally posted on thecityfm.org Mayor Gregor Robertson’s Task Force on housing affordability avoided using Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) definition...
History
Yesterday Vision Vancouver released its final report on Housing Affordability in Vancouver. Shortly after being elected for a second term, Vision created an Affordability...
Housing
In 2008 a financial crash in the United States was quickly followed by the most severe global economic contraction since the Great Depression. Despite...
City Hall
Along the north eastern shores of False Creek, between Science World and BC Place, lies a vast expanse of land owned by developer Concord...
Column
Originally published at timlouis.ca While the world watches the closing ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London with excitement and enthusiasm, now...
City Hall
Yesterday the City of Vancouver announced that it will be leasing some of its land to rental housing developers. The initiative is part of...
Analysis
In the four years since the financial crisis of 2008 brought a North American-wide collapse in housing prices, the Canadian government has successfully taken...
Housing
Vision Vancouver and city planners have recently launched a series of highly branded “ideas competitions” with design-heavy titles like re:THINK and re:CONNECT. While the...
ABC Vancouver
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has announced a plan to freeze supportive housing development in the Downtown Eastside (DTES). The plan is part of a...