Vancouver housing crisis

• 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
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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.

  Canada

  Jul 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.

  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
• 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 5, 2019
• 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
• Housing slowdown continues, says Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver

  Last month's sales were 34.7 per cent below the 10-year November sales average and the lowest for the month since 2008.

  Economy

  Dec 4, 2018
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• Vancouver councillor calls for doubling of city’s modular housing stock

  Coun. Jean Swanson wants to see the number of modular housing units in Vancouver doubled to more than 1,200.

  Canada

  Dec 1, 2018
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• B.C. has some of the highest rents, lowest vacancy rates in Canada: CMHC rental market survey

  The 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.

  Economy

  Nov 28, 2018