Empty Houses

• Vancouver’s Rental Reality: The professional couple that still can’t beat the rental trap

  “It's just awful that we have to have a discussion with our 14-year-old and our 12-year-old about [how] 'you may not want to be here, you may not be able to be here.'"

  Economy

  Nov 23, 2017
  
• City of Vancouver owns 12 vacant homes

  Plans are in the works to turn five of them into 101 market rental homes, with 52 per cent of the units designated for families.

  Sep 19, 2017
  
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• City of Vancouver demolishing housing properties to make way for park space

  The City of Vancouver is again facing criticism over buying homes and slating them for demolition to make way for park space.

  Jul 3, 2017
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• Empty houses drawing squatters across Vancouver’s Cambie Corridor

  A nasty consequence of the city's rush to redevelop aging neighbourhoods: empty homes across Vancouver are attracting squatters as they await demolition.

  Jun 17, 2015
• Questions remain over future of Acadia Park

  In the west-end neighbourhood of Acadia Park, residents have grown tired of seeing dozens of homes sitting empty.

  Sep 25, 2014