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Wed, Jun 22: The City of Vancouver has unveiled a number of options that would allow it to tax empty homes. As John Hua reports, not everyone is convinced it would ease the affordability crisis.

Vacant stores in Vancouver could soon be hit with another tax, similar to the one on empty homes. City council has moved to ask the provincial government to explore an empty stores tax in an effort to target speculation. But as Kristen Robinson reports, experts say it’s not going to solve anything.

Vancouver city council has approved an empty home tax. Will this have an impact on the housing affordability? Hayley Woodin from BIV has the details.

City of Vancouver looking to change the antiquated bylaws that prohibit multi room rentals in homes. The change has been ignited by the fact hundreds of mansions are now suddenly appearing for rent to avoid the empty home/spec taxes in Vancouver. B/C the rents are sometimes over $6000/mon it’s rare one family could afford to...

The speculation and vacancy tax has been heralded by the province as a way to turn empty homes into affordable housing. But critics, including Kelowna’s mayor, are speaking out against it, asking for the money they said they were promised. Jules Knox reports.

After more than four hours of debate on Wednesday, the City of Vancouver has passed an empty home tax. Catherine Urquhart was at city hall and has all the details.

The City of Vancouver unveiled the details of its plan to ease the rental crisis with an empty home tax on Wednesday. As Grace Ke reports, city staff recommend a 1% tax and a fine for those who try to get around it.

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson confirms that the city will pursue an empty home tax to address the housing affordability crisis, with or without the help of the province. Robertson lays out the two options the city plans to pursue.

Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson is releasing details about an empty home tax that council is looking to implement.

The City of White Rock wants to implement an empty homes tax like Vancouver’s, but first the mayor needs to change provincial rules that dictate how municipalities tax their residents. Paul Johnson reports.

Sat, Apr 1: Vancouver property owners have until July 1st to rent out their vacant homes and avoid paying the Empty Homes Tax. But will the City of Vancouver’s initiative to expand the rental market work? As Landlord BC’s CEO David Hutniak explains, fewer people than predicted are seeking his group’s help to get organized.

Vancouver city council is being criticized after voting to return millions of dollars to developers, as part of a rollback of the city’s Empty Homes Tax. Emad Agahi reports.

Fri, Sep 19: A city council candidate has a unique proposal, to deal with the surprisingly high number of vacant homes in Vancouver. Jill Bennett reports.

The City of Vancouver is launching an awareness campaign about its empty homes tax, but some are criticizing how it’s getting the message out. Grace Ke reports.

The latest numbers from Vancouver’s empty home tax declarations shows there are thousands of empty or under-utilized homes. Ted Chernecki reports.

Homeowners are coming forward to complain they’re being forced to pay a tax on homes they actually live in part time. Tanya Beja reports.

Homeowners are coming forward to complain that they’re being forced to pay Vancouver’s Empty Homes Tax on homes they actually live in part-time. Tanya Beja reports.

Mon, Feb 13: The latest numbers from the new census show that Victoria has a rate of empty homes similar to Vancouver’s, and that has some councilors calling for a similar tax on empty and under-utilized homes. Neetu Garcha has more on the story.

Samantha Falk spoke with a Florida resident who’s been living part of the year in Vancouver for 17 years. He’s says the empty homes tax is unfair and is driving him and his family out from Vancouver.

Finance Minister Carole James introduced legislation on Tuesday morning that lays out the tax applied to homes that are left empty in British Columbia.