Vancouver Housing Crisis

• Vancouver mayor outlines plan to address city’s housing crisis

  Comprising seven items, Ken Sim said it would 'give clear direction to city staff to prioritize the construction of new housing in Vancouver.'

  Politics

  Oct 11, 2023
  
• ‘They still house people’: Renovated SROs welcomed as part of DTES plan, but advocates call for more

  News of the newly-renovated SRO units for Downtown Eastside residents comes just months before 98 modular units in downtown Vancouver are slated to close.

  Politics

  Mar 29, 2023
  
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• Province pushes Vancouver to speed up housing as council weighs Broadway development

  Next week, council will consider a "pace of change" policy governing how fast developers will be able to tear down and redevelop existing rental stock in the Broadway corridor.

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2023
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• Vancouver raising empty homes tax to 3% in 2021

  This 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
• Will the parties’ housing plans help affordability in Vancouver? Not quite, critics say

  Despite 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.

  Canada

  Oct 10, 2019
• 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.

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2019
• 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.

  Canada

  Jul 5, 2019
• Vancouver hospice fights proposed townhouse development

  A battle is brewing in Vancouver between a hospice society and a townhouse developer.

  Canada

  Jun 11, 2019
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• B.C. invests $3.1M to keep Vancouver winter shelters open year-round

  The investment comes after a motion introduced in Vancouver's city council on Feb. 26 by Coun. Jean Swanson.

  Canada

  Mar 6, 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.

  Politics

  Dec 22, 2018