Vancouver Vacancy

• Cut Vancouver’s empty homes tax back to 3% for 2023, city staff recommend

  Vancouver's empty homes tax is intended to bring vacant units onto the rental or sale market, and targets properties that are unoccupied for more than half the year.

  Politics

  May 4, 2023
  
• Vacant homes in Vancouver continue to dwindle due to empty homes tax: mayor

  The city says 787 properties were declared vacant for 2019 — down 15 per cent from 2018 and 30 per cent from when the tax started.

  Feb 7, 2020
  
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• Vancouver’s empty homes tax should stay at 1% to ensure it’s still being paid: staff

  The staff report does recommend further exempting homes under renovation for a majority of the year while extending the complaint process to 90 days.

  Nov 24, 2019
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• Vancouver empty homes tax nets another $39M as number of vacant properties drop, city says

  According to the report released Wednesday, $39.4 million in revenue was raised during the 2018 tax year, which was collected from the owners of 1,989 vacant properties.

  Nov 20, 2019
• Vancouver collects $21M from empty homes tax, expects $38M total for first year

  The news comes a day after the a federal government report found the city's vacancy rate has declined since last year.

  Politics

  Nov 30, 2018
• Students struggle to find housing in red-hot rental market

  A picture of dozens of students lined up outside a property hoping to be the next tenant of an $850-a-month suite says it all: finding affordable rental housing in Vancouver is next to impossible.

  Economy

  Sep 1, 2016