After being stung by four years of criticism about its giveaways to developers to create rental, Vision Vancouver politicians (oops, of course, I should say, “staff”) have decided to test a new model for building rental apartments. The city will give four pieces of land to a consortium of non-profit housing groups and the B.C. […]
Entries from January 2016
Vancouver tests out what many hope will be a non-profit model for building low-cost housing
May 10th, 2013 · 7 Comments
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NDP plans to create more low-cost housing but it won’t be the subsidized social housing of the Harcourt/Clark years
May 8th, 2013 · 9 Comments
As many in the media have noticed, there’s been almost no discussion of social issues like health, education, the income gap, or housing in this election campaign. LNG, yes. Rent supplements or welfare rates, no. So here’s something that helps flesh out where the two major parties stand on housing and renter/landlord issues.
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Garbage, garbage, garbage: Private collectors tussle with Metro Van over control of garbage flow
May 3rd, 2013 · 35 Comments
You are going to be reading SO much about garbage in the next few years. Why? Because Metro Vancouver, like many other metro regions, is trying to move to new ways of dealing with it: More recycling, reusing. Fewer landfills. Possibly more incinerators or other strategies for disposing of the last bits that can’t be […]
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