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58 West Hastings
It’s the end of ‘’Gregor’s decade.’’ Are we standing at the possible threshold of a new era in Vancouver municipal politics? There’s no disputing...
Olympic Village
Up until recently, Pam Burge was one of the few remaining tenants in the city’s Olympic Village social housing on False Creek. Since moving...
Gentrification
London’s 2012 Olympic Games housing legacy is undeniable. It is a legacy of evictions, displacement, gentrification and social cleansing. The ever-worsening housing crisis has...
City Hall
* Photo credit: David Vaisbord, The Little Mountain Project * An updated Little Mountain Policy is coming to Vancouver City Council today, June 27...
Gentrification
The new plan for the redevelopment of Little Mountain neighbourhood in East Vancouver has been released to the public. The plan calls for wholesale...
#occupyvancouver
As protests in solidarity with #OccupyWallStreet spread across the continent, the "99%'ers" here are beginning to think about what #OccupyVancouver might look like. This...
City Hall
This week the City released its three-year plan for addressing housing affordability in Vancouver. The plan has been received with wide appeal as an...
Analysis
In the 2008 election, Vision Vancouver and Gregor Robertson recognized that to win an election in progressive Vancouver, politicians needed to talk the talk...
Analysis
Habitat 67, on the shore of of St. Lawrence seaway in Montreal, was originally designed to be an affordable community. Similar to Vancouver's Olympic...
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...