Housing
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Event: City Debate #11: Build Missing Middle Housing Without Lot Assembly, Mar. 28
City Debate #11: Build Missing Middle Housing Without Lot Assembly DATE and TIME: March 28, 6:30pm LOCATION: UBC Robson Square ADMISSION: By Donation...
By Spacing -
The “Right to Housing” still not realized in BC – why a constitutional amendment may be needed
Despite recent advocacy, a declaration by our Prime Minister that housing rights are human rights, and a record count of homelessness in Metro Vancouver...
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A Deeper Dive into Family Friendly Affordable Housing at the Museum of Vancouver
On February 1st the RAIC Metro Vancouver Chapter hosted the second installment of this year’s MOV Built City Speaker Series, titled ‘A Deeper Dive into...
By Sean Ruthen -
The Death and Life of the Single-Family House
When experts try to explain how Vancouver’s history has impacted its housing crisis, they often point to Expo 86 as ground zero. But UBC sociologist...
By Madeleine de Trenqualye -
Vancouver’s Chinatown: The Dichotomy of Past and Present – Part 2
This is the second part of Spacing Vancouver’s Ulduz Maschaykh interview with prominent Real Estate Marketer and Art Collector Bob Rennie, Vancouver...
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Vancouver’s Chinatown: The Dichotomy of Past and Present – Part 1
Vancouver’s Chinatown is one of the city’s oldest neighbourhoods. Initially it developed as a segregated enclave along Carrall and Pender Street...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
RELEASE: COV Northeast False Creek final plan will be going to Council, Jan. 31
The City of Vancouver has released the final plan for Northeast False Creek, which will guide the creation of a vibrant new waterfront destination. The...
By Spacing -
Vancouver’s urban agriculture movement
SETTING THE STAGE FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE IN VANCOUVER: GLOBALIZATION & NEOLIBERALISM While globalization has come to be a highly-circulated term...
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Book Review – Courtyard Housing for Health and Happiness: Architectural Multiculturalism in North America
u http://spacing.ca/vancouver/2018/01/02/book-reviews-courtyard-housing-for-health-and-happiness-architectural-multiculturalism-in-north-america/ Author...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Video Vancouver: How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer)
Via TED Loneliness doesn’t always stem from being alone. For architect Grace Kim, loneliness is a function of how socially connected we feel to the...
By Yuri Artibise -
Release: Vancouver Is the Most Unaffordable North American Housing Market
Real estate platform Point2 Homes determined the housing affordability levels of the 50 most populous cities in North America, by looking at the home...
By Spacing -
Video: Acting on Vancouver’s Housing Crisis
Via Staggering Media Last year the City of Vancouver held a housing conference where experts shared their thoughts and observations. Things like: David...
By Yuri Artibise