Empty Homes

• South Okanagan residents react to B.C. speculation tax expansion

  Two South Okanagan communities are among the 13 new municipalities joining the province’s speculation tax.

  Economy

  Nov 23, 2023
  
• B.C. expands speculation and vacancy tax in Vancouver Island, Howe Sound

  British Columbia is expanding the tax it created to clamp down on real estate speculation and ensure homes in rental-strapped communities don't sit empty.

  Politics

  May 26, 2023
  
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• Vancouver mayor proposes hiking empty homes tax to 5%

  Vancouver's empty homes tax first took effect in 2017 at one per cent of a home's assessed value, was tripled to three per cent in the 2021 tax year.

  Politics

  Apr 13, 2022
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• White Rock wants version of Vancouver’s empty homes tax — but provincial rules stand in the way

  White Rock will ask the Union of B.C. Municipalities to amend provincial rules to allow authority to implement a vacancy tax like Vancouver's.

  Canada

  Jul 7, 2019
• New York nearly got a version of Vancouver’s empty homes tax — before the real estate industry killed it

  Lawmakers have since been forced to whittle down the proposal, but they're still looking to Vancouver for inspiration.

  Politics

  Apr 4, 2019
• Hoping to rent a Vancouver mansion with some friends? There’s a catch

  Amid new taxes punishing the owners of empty homes, dozens of high end mansions have hit the rental market. But the rules aren't exactly on renters' side.

  Mar 12, 2019
• B.C. government exempting vacation homes from speculation tax

  The province is reducing the areas covered by the tax, and cutting the rate for Canadians and British Columbians.

  Politics

  Mar 26, 2018
• The census found 25K empty homes in Vancouver. Empty homes tax filings show 1/3 that

  The City of Vancouver's Empty Homes Tax declarations found about 8.500 unoccupied or underutilized homes. That's about 1/3 of the number reported in the 2016 census.

  Economy

  Mar 7, 2018
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• City of Surrey tracking empty home ownership as rental vacancy rate remains below zero

  Two years ago the city’s empty home rate was at 6.7 per cent.

  Feb 5, 2018
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• Vancouver woman being charged Empty Homes Tax for land with no home on it

  "'...there's no home on this property, there's never been a home on this property.'"

  Canada

  Dec 19, 2017