A massive development rezoning, estimated worth over a billion dollars in market value. The luxury tower project being proposed by a well-connected and influential developer will reportedly deliver close to $90 million in public benefits spread out over several years.
B.C. tenants are about to get hit with the largest rent increases allowed in five years
nual rent increases are a direct result of over a decade of inept housing policy by the former BC Liberal government. The failure to reign in a housing market increasingly disconnected from local incomes is 100% on the Clark government.
Why I’m running for City Council
My speech to the Vancouver Greens, accepting my nomination to run in the October 14 by-election.
Thanks everyone. Even though I’m being acclaimed tonight, I don’t take this nomination for granted. Thank you for your faith and confidence in me, and in the Green Party of Vancouver.
On rental housing
Ever wonder why so much of our city’s (dwindling) affordable rental stock are of a 50’s-60’s-early 70s vintage?
The City tries to incentivize rentals with density bonuses, the Province tries to support rentals with subsidies — what’s been missing is the Feds and the support for rentals with tax breaks and deductions.
Concord Pacific affordable artist studio clickbait
The story about the massive development corporation including 20 affordable artist live work studios in its Concord Gardens project sounds great –but on a closer critical review, it is quite literally the least they can do.