Housing
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Release: CoV Housing Vancouver strategy to shift the future of our city
To change the future of housing in Vancouver and keep young workers and families in the city, Vancouver City Council has approved its new Housing...
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Vancouver’s Built Legacy: Transitioning a DTES Jail to Affordable Living
Steps from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside police headquarters, stands a former jail that once haunted the community even beyond its days. But 250 Powell...
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Video Vancouver: False Creek South
Via City of Vancouver: False Creek South is one of Vancouver’s pioneering waterfront communities. It’s a highly livable and walkable neighbourhood with a...
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Video Vancouver: One Shared House 2030
Via Dezeen: This video shows the online platform that IKEA’s external innovation lab Space10 has for researching and developing concepts for future...
By Yuri Artibise -
Release: CoV Housing Strategy to Transform Low-Density Neighbourhoods
In response to Vancouver’s changing population, rising housing costs, and the increased need for diverse types of housing, the City of Vancouver will...
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Video Vancouver: Cruel Musical Chairs (or Why Is Rent So High?)
Via Sightline Institute: How does a growing, prospering city stay affordable for all kinds of people? At the most basic level, when there aren’t enough...
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Video Vancouver: Thermal Imaging Pilot Program
Via City of Vancouver: Early in 2017, we launched a Thermal Imaging Pilot Program to help homeowners identify energy loss in single family homes and to...
By Yuri Artibise -
Release: Vancouver Versus the World: What Can You Buy for the Price of a Vancouver Home?
Point2 Homes real estate search portal has conducted research into the international real estate market and has discovered what the average price of a...
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How The City of Vienna Handles Affordable Housing and Inclusivity
Vienna is an internationally renowned city, attractive to employees from the high-tech industry who obtain a Quick Fix for sale online, scholars...
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Video Vancouver: Designing the Rental Housing Renaissance
Via The Tyee: There’s been a three decade lag of rental housing in Canada, but development is finally starting to pick up again. Here’s our...
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Driverless Cars and the Suburban Renaissance
“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” Some people debate whether Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company...
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Co-ops Offer Family-Friendly Housing, Yet Face an Uncertain Future
I am writing a short series, “Cities for Families” to showcase how local governments, non-profits, and the private sector are building a family friendly...
By Jillian Glover