Vancouver housing

• Squamish Nation signs services agreement with Vancouver for Kitsilano development

  The Squamish Nation and City of Vancouver signed a services agreement for the planned Sen̓áḵw development which will include up to 11 towers and 6,000 units of housing.

  Canada

  May 25
  
• Vancouver to hike empty homes tax to 5% in 2023

  Vancouver city council voted unanimously Wednesday to approve increasing the city's Empty Homes Tax from three per cent to five per cent for the 2023 reference year. 

  Economy

  Apr 27
  
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• Census shows apartment growth, but supply remains primary issue in B.C.: experts

  Statistics released by the B.C. Jobs Ministry earlier this month show more than 100,000 people moved to the province in 2021, the highest annual total since 1961.

  Economy

  Apr 27
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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
• Tory leadership hopeful Pierre Poilievre entreats Vancouver voters with housing promises

  In a video shared on Twitter on Monday, Poilievre used the nearly $5-million home in Vancouver to highlight several challenges in the city's housing market.

  Politics

  Apr 11
• Residents call fight over Jericho Lands redevelopment ‘a battle for the soul of Vancouver’

  The city is currently mulling two proposed concepts for the 90-acre lands, which West Point Grey residents say don't fit with the neighbourhood and could set a bad precedent.

  Canada

  Apr 7
• Vancouver unveils long-term plan to increase density, improve affordability by 2050

  The draft Vancouver Plan calls for "complete neighbourhoods" with more commercial and community services to be incorporated in neighbourhoods throughout the city.

  Politics

  Apr 5
• B.C. orders review of Maple Ridge social housing complex amid ‘serious’ allegations from residents

  The Royal Crescent housing facility opened in October 2018, and was intended as an emergency housing option for people living in the controversial "Anita Place" tent city.

  Canada

  Mar 10
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• B.C. mulls overriding local governments to promote more housing development

  Minister responsible for Housing David Eby says the province wants to cooperate with municipalities but that they "simply are not approving enough housing in a timely enough way."

  Politics

  Feb 24
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• Prices up, vacancy down: Report paints grim picture for Greater Vancouver renters

  Between 2020 and 2021, the vacancy rate in purpose-built rentals fell from 2.6 per cent to 1.2 per cent, while rents climbed by 2.1 per cent at unit turnover.

  Lifestyle

  Feb 18