Housing
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Do Small in a Big Way: BC Housing Society’s first annual Summit
It’s not a movement about people claiming to be ‘tinier than thou’ but rather people making their own choices toward simpler and smaller living however...
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Ten Ways We’ll Fight for a Better Vancouver
Guest Authors: Christine Boyle and Khelsilem With few incumbents re-elected to city council, there’s an opportunity to transform Vancouver into the...
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Event – Vancouver Public Library – morph: What Kind of City Do We Want? Plan For Change, Nov. 19th
morph: What Kind of City Do We Want? Plan For Change WHEN: Monday, November 19, 2018 (7:00 pm – 8:30 pm) WHERE: Central Library ADMISSION: Free Vancouver...
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So Kennedy Stewart Truly Loves ‘The Growth Side of Things’
Guest author: Patrick Condon Fresh from being elected mayor by voters deeply worried about Vancouver’s widening gap between the property rich and everyone...
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Event: Vancouver Small Housing Summit, Nov. 17th
Our housing crisis demands a paradigm shift. Citizens face the runaway cost to enter home- ownership. Population growth strains public infrastructure, at...
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Evictions mar legacy of Vancouver landlord dedicated to affordable housing
The story of socially conscious landlord Eric Pierce was a rare good news story in a housing market too often rife with tales of greed. Mr. Pierce, who...
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Hard Questions about Vancouver’s New Affordability Approach
Guest authors: Patrick Condon & Scot Hein [Editor’s note: UBC Professor of Urban Design Patrick Condon dropped his candidacy for mayor on July 13 for...
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Video: Putting the brakes on Vancouver Housing (with Tom Davidoff)
Conversations That Matter, with Stuart McNish Vancouver’s housing market is a political and financial minefield. Measures to create housing for those who...
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Writing Vancouver – Smashed Egg Syndrome
SMASHED EGG SYNDROME or How to Make an Omelette If you want to make an omelette, you have to break a few eggs. — City of Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan...
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Release: VAHA and CoV announce Community Land Trust to build 1,000 affordable rental housing
Mayor Gregor Robertson, and the CEO of the Vancouver Affordable Housing Agency (VAHA), Luke Harrison, announced Community Land Trust (CLT) will develop...
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Video Vancouver: Urbanarium Missing Middle Debate 2018
How does lot assembly impact the experience of our urban environments? A provocative video by Hema Ramnani & Scot Hein for the Urbanarium’s...
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Release: How should the City of Vancouver invest revenue from the Empty Homes Tax?
Via the City of Vancouver: We have an update for you on the Empty Homes Tax. In its first year, the Empty Homes Tax will generate an estimated $30...
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