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Dec. 18, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Are Seniors Close to Being Homeless in the Vancouver Market?

It appears that there are two population cohorts being severely pinched~younger people trying to find a place to live in…
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Dec. 15, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Real Estate and Transit

How property markets responded to newly-installed public transportation — the Australian experience. Thu Jan 4, 7 PM PDT Venue: SFU…
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Dec. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

High Density Rental in the very West of Point Grey?

In the thinking out of the box department newly minted City of Vancouver Councillor Hector Bremner introduced a motion at Council…
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Dec. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Metro House Prices Go Up, Vancouver Taxes Too

As reported in Business in Vancouver housing prices in Metro Vancouver are not doing a southern retreat anytime soon,  despite any policy…
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Dec. 13, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Halifax Explosion~Reforms,Racism and Trees

December 6, 1917 marked a horrifying event in Canada when over 2,000 people lost their lives in the explosion of…
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Dec. 10, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Only In Vancouver, You Say

As Vancouver moves towards changing it’s housing priorities via zoning and other methods, it seems we’re not alone in our…
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Dec. 07, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Battle of the Clayton Heights Basement Suites

There is a tempest in Clayton Heights, where home owners (who also have rentable coach houses in their back lanes)…
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Dec. 07, 2017 / Gordon Price

The First Highrise

Vancouver is Awesome posted this image of the downtown peninsula from 1957: I’ve circled Georgian Towers in red – the…
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Dec. 07, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

What Vancouver's Affordable Housing Costs

The City of Vancouver under Mayor Gregor Robertson has adopted “Rental 100″as part of the Vision platform to provide rental…
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Dec. 06, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A "Poor Door" and Why is it used in New Vancouver Developments

Urban reporter Jen St. Denis with Metro News has been following the controversy regarding different  doors in developments for separate entrances to…
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Dec. 03, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Bad Money

BC Provincial Minister of Justice and Attorney General David Eby reacts to a briefing on bad money sloshing around in…
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Nov. 30, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver's New Housing Plan Approved~Can it Make Vancouver Affordable?

It’s a new era at  Vancouver City Hall now that the new Housing Plan is approved. But as Jen St.…
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Nov. 27, 2017 / jamesavbligh

Will the new Housing Vancouver Strategy Improve Affordability?

This month, the City of Vancouver released its proposed Housing Vancouver Strategy (2018 – 2027), made in response to the…
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Nov. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Looks like Foreign Ownership was a Vancouver Issue After All

After being vilified for doing the right work for the right reason,  urban planner and Duke of Data Andy Yan…

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