Housing

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...

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...

Video Vancouver: The HemLoft

Jane’s Walk Special: Get with the plan (Marpole version)!

[Editor’s Note: We are happy to present the first of a three InDepth Features covering a trio of special Jane’s Walk neighbourhood tours...

A Vancouver “Extra” Special in Strathcona

Since it’s first appearance in 1965, the Vancouver Special has become a ubiquitous fixture of Vancouver’s urban landscape. With their flat...

Vancouver and Housing Affordability

With the Vancouver Mayoral Election heating up, one of the city’s major campaign issues has become affordable housing. Vision Vancouver is...

Thoughts on a Manufactured Mayoral Debate

When I found out that CBC was opening their audience for Wednesday night’s mayoral debate between Robertson and Anton, I immediately slotted it into...

Homelessness Way Down – Homelessness Slightly Up

You might have noticed some rather contradictory information swirling about lately on the homelessness front of the municipal election. However, the...

Video Vancouver: Isang Litrong Liwanag

Video Vancouver: Manhattan shoebox apartment: a 78-square-foot mini studio

Re:post -Landlords and Tenants Agree: Market Can’t Fix Itself

[Editor’s note: More than a third of Metro Vancouver’s households are renters. And urban planners say the region needs some 6,000 new rental...

Re:post – Inside BC’s Secretive Landlord-Tenant Dispute Process

[Editor’s note: Half of Metro Vancouver’s households are renters. Private property owners provide most of the apartments they live in. If...