Vancouver housing crisis
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Vancouver raising empty homes tax to 3% in 2021This will be the second time the tax has been hiked. Council approved an increase from one per cent to 1.25 per cent in 2019.Nov 25, 2020
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Will the parties’ housing plans help affordability in Vancouver? Not quite, critics sayDespite municipal and provincial efforts like taxes, crackdowns on renovictions and easing red tape, the message is clear: more financial help is needed from the federal government.CanadaOct 10, 2019
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Oppenheimer Park campers displace more events, but organizers say ‘no problem’Three annual events have now been forced to find new locations due to the growing number of tents inside the park.CanadaJul 6, 2019
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Vancouver’s Powell Street Festival moves to avoid displacing homeless camp"We're historically displaced people and we don't want to take part in displacing vulnerable people," said festival director Emiko Morita.CanadaJul 5, 2019
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Vancouver hospice fights proposed townhouse developmentA battle is brewing in Vancouver between a hospice society and a townhouse developer.CanadaJun 11, 2019
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B.C. invests $3.1M to keep Vancouver winter shelters open year-roundThe investment comes after a motion introduced in Vancouver's city council on Feb. 26 by Coun. Jean Swanson.CanadaMar 5, 2019
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Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart on goals for 2019: ‘I want this city to be an example to others’As he shuts the door on 2018, Stewart's focus turns to housing and opioids, which are his top two priorities moving forward.PoliticsDec 22, 2018
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Housing slowdown continues, says Real Estate Board of Greater VancouverLast month's sales were 34.7 per cent below the 10-year November sales average and the lowest for the month since 2008.EconomyDec 4, 2018
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Vancouver councillor calls for doubling of city’s modular housing stockCoun. Jean Swanson wants to see the number of modular housing units in Vancouver doubled to more than 1,200.CanadaDec 1, 2018
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B.C. has some of the highest rents, lowest vacancy rates in Canada: CMHC rental market surveyThe vacancy rate in B.C.'s primary rental market went up slightly to 1.4 per cent, compared to 1.3 per cent last year.EconomyNov 28, 2018
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