The Vision council is using the slow summer months to push out lots of news on its planned “housing reset” — new policy aimed at trying to shape supply in the city more than it has in the past to create lower-cost housing. The target market, planners and politicians keep saying, is the households with […]
Entries from January 2016
City puts on a big push to demo new programs for lower-cost housing: rentals geared to income, infills
July 25th, 2017 · 1 Comment
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A hidden wrinkle that will make the group decision to sell your condo building even harder
July 19th, 2017 · 3 Comments
There are about 70 groups of residents in the Lower Mainland at present thinking about selling their buildings to developers. That process is already stressful enough. I’m told that, no matter what price sellers get, they are always convinced the developer is somehow ripping them off and making a huge profit. Then there are the […]
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Expect a lot of jockeying among candidates to be the preferred “anti-Vision” vote in by-election
July 12th, 2017 · No Comments
So, thanks to the resignation of Geoff Meggs from council, as he goes off to be chief of staff for John Horgan in the new NDP government, there will be a by-election sometime in mid-October. Even though whoever wins won’t make a difference to the balance of power on council — Vision will still have […]
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Carol Ruby Davis: A heartbreaking death, 30 years ago now
July 6th, 2017 · 2 Comments
Thirty years ago, I was a rookie reporter at the Vancouver Sun. I got sent out to cover the funeral of a sex-trade worker — something we actually did back in those days when we covered so much more in the city. It was a searing experience for me. I’ve never forgotten it or the […]
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