Housing
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
LOCAL • Cycling advocates urge B.C. parties to steer $75-million a year into biking strategy [Globe and Mail] • Downtown New West goes for the big time...
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Vancouver City Council Approves City’s First Co-housing Proposal
Earlier this week, Vancouver City Council approved Vancouver’s first co-housing project (pdf), only the tenth in Canada. The project is the first to be...
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Foreign Investment in Vancouver’s Real Estate Market–March 20, 2013
In Vancouver, there has been a lot of speculation about the impact of foreign investment on our real estate market and marijuana penny stocks company...
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Laneway Housing Event: March 20, 2013
The Emerging Green Builders of Metro Vancouver are proud to invite the general public to a special presentation by top laneway housing experts on this...
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Housing Justice Dialogue #1 – February 20, 2013
Via Housing Justice Canada: Responses to Films Created by Young Artists on the Housing Crisis in Metro Vancouver A screening of youth artist films on...
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Video Vancouver: The Village, A Co-op Housing Documentary
The Village is one of many short films created by a group of young media-makers discussing the housing crisis in Vancouver, BC, Canada, as part of...
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Video Vancouver: Housing Matters Media Project
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Addressing the Issue of Housing Access and Affordability in Vancouver
Many of us live in housing conditions that are less than ideal—paying more than we can afford for housing that fails to meet our needs for a safe, healthy...
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Restoring Heritage: The Ripple Effect
Have you ever noticed that once someone fixes up one house, the neighbouring houses quickly follow? Whether or not you agree with the “broken window...
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Book Review | The Prehistory of Home
Author: Jerry D. Moore (University of California Press, 2012) Home. The word evokes countless mental images, feelings and emotions. Yet, as we go about...
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Laboratory of Housing Alternatives – Visioning Workshop, November 22
The Laboratory of Housing Alternatives is a forum for people who want to take action into providing affordable housing alternatives for young, creative...
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Release: Mayor urges City Council to support recommendations from Housing Affordability Task Force
The Mayor’s Task Force on Affordable Housing released its final report, and Mayor Gregor Robertson is urging City Council to give unanimous support to...
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