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• Vancouver homeowner says Empty Homes Tax is hurting those with second homes

  "We're just collateral damage," said Rainer Borkenhagen who lives in Gibsons but owns a condo in Vancouver.

  Feb 2, 2018
  
• Temporary modular housing coming to site near Olympic Village Station

  The housing would shelter approximately 50 of the city’s most vulnerable residents

  Jan 5, 2018
  
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• First wave of affordable homes in land trust project released in Vancouver

  The city invested about $25-million in land towards the partnership for the three Land Trust buildings.

  Oct 22, 2017
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• Vancouver’s housing crisis key issue for newly-elected city councillor

  "Now with four votes on the council, I think it's momentum for our message."

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  Oct 15, 2017
• Seniors represent 23% of Metro Vancouver’s homeless population

  Numbers jumped from 212 in 2008 to 518 this year.

  Sep 26, 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
• City of Vancouver fines, seeks prosecution against illegal hotels

  The City of Vancouver is taking action against operators of illegal hotels, after a CKNW investigation revealed many of those operators have been flouting city rules.

  May 19, 2017
• City of Vancouver now considering legal action against unlicensed luxury hotel

  As a CKNW investigation found out, legal action is now on the table for unlicensed luxury hotel.

  Apr 26, 2017
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• Another luxury-building operating short-term rentals without proper permits in Vancouver

  It's been on the City of Vancouver's radar for years for illegally operating as a hotel, but CKNW's ongoing investigation into illegal short-term rentals in Vancouver has discovered the Carmana Plaza continues to flout the law without penalty.

  Apr 24, 2017
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• Provincial and Federal governments likely netted big tax haul from illegal luxury hotel in Vancouver

  A developer exposed by a CKNW investigation for operating a luxury rental building like a hotel may have been breaking the law, but it's the latest example of an illegal business that's been a big source of revenue for tax collectors.

  Mar 31, 2017