Housing
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Gil Kelley: The Next Leap Forward
Presented by Urbanarium on September 28th, new City of Vancouver Director of Planning Gil Kelley spoke to a full house of architects and planners at the...
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Event: What a City is For…Book Launch, Oct 21st
WHAT A CITY IS FOR: REMAKING THE POLITICS OF DISPLACEMENT Book Launch Date: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, Time: 7:00PM–9:00PM, Location: DJAVAD MOWAFAGHIAN WORLD...
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Events: Heritage Vancouver Top 10 Tour + Talk: False Creek South & Japantown/North Strathcona
Heritage Vancouver Top 10 Tour + Talk: False Creek South: Past, Present and Future Saturday, September 17, 2016 – 10:00am – 12:00pm Meet at...
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RELEASE: Housing Agency building 400 new affordable rental homes
City of Vancouver contributing four sites worth $50 million; homes will be rented below market rate The City of Vancouver’s Affordable Housing Agency...
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RELEASE: City appoints Gil Kelley as the General Manager of Planning, Urban Design & Sustainability
City of Vancouver News Release: “Gil’s extensive experience in cities like San Francisco and Portland is highly valuable at a time when Vancouver is...
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Can a New Community Plan Reverse Population Decline in Vancouver’s Grandview-Woodland Neighbourhood?
For the last 15 years, the population of Vancouver’s historic Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood has shrunk. Recent census data shows that the...
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Lessons on Affordability from Germany and Austria
Vancouver’s City Council Vision Vancouver has implemented a number of creative ways to tackle the city’s affordability crisis. In its most...
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EVENT: Community Land Trusts Lecture and Course — Sept 8 & 9
Lecture: Community Land Trusts: The Solution to Our Affordable Housing Crisis? Details When: Thursday, September 8, 7 pm Where: Room 1400, SFU Vancouver...
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Is a YIMBY Movement Forming in Vancouver?
A few weeks ago, I was imploring young people to get out and make some noise on housing affordability. Well, it turns out some of them—a few of whom...
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Launching Planning Canada
On June 17th, School of Community and Regional Planning alumni, students, and faculty gathered at the UBC Bookstore to launch the new comprehensive...
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EVENT: AIBC 2016 Architectural Walking Tours begin Canada Day
Event: Architectural Walking Tours Dates: July 1-August 31, 2016 Times: Thursdays to Mondays at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Admission: $10. Space is limited, so...
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Notes on West Coast Modernism—The Ray Residence
With the West Vancouver Museum 11th Annual West Coast Modern home tour just around the corner, on July 9th, reflecting on the significance of this...
By Ulduz Maschaykh