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Jun. 10, 2016 / Gordon Price

Inaction has Consequences: Housing and Transportation in Vancouver

Devastating poll results in The Sun: … for the first time, Insights West has measured anger directed at B.C. politicians over…
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Jun. 06, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

$92 Dollars An Hour on the East Side

  This article in the Vancouver Sun written by Stephanie Ip  confirms what many had surmised-instead of working for a…
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Jun. 03, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Where Do We Go From Here?

  Bob Rennie of Bob Rennie Realty spoke to the Urban Development Institute (UDI) on Thursday, giving his professional and…
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Jun. 01, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Gastown Changes

Two related Gastown items: First: the City of Vancouver wants to talk about the proposed redesign of this historic place —…
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May. 31, 2016 / Gordon Price

The Mayor Talks to The Walrus

From The Walrus  . Affordability is, without question, the biggest issue facing Vancouver. The Walrus’ feature article by Kerry Gold,…
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May. 31, 2016 / Gordon Price

Daily Scot: Heritage destruction on Mole Hill?

Scot is not impressed: Interesting that the Heritage Commission has approved the modern infill.  So the question is really whether…
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May. 30, 2016 / Gordon Price

Bay Area Generational Divide

From San Francisco Business Times: Younger Bay Area residents are more likely to support housing development compared to older residents,…
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May. 30, 2016 / Gordon Price

Daily Scot: Rippling Down the Valley

From the Chilliwack Times: There were 530 residential homes that traded hands locally in April 2016 worth $216.7 million, a…
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May. 30, 2016 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: Home Bound

From The Guardian: … there’s one demographic group that, notably, isn’t touring open houses or scouring online listings in search…
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May. 27, 2016 / Gordon Price

The Math on Affordability

From Crosscut: Seattle’s diehard “urbanists” can be remarkably single-minded in their advocacy for new and denser housing, but they aren’t…
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May. 26, 2016 / Gordon Price

“Why UBC Should Let Way More Students Live on Campus”

From The Tyee, by Patrick Condon:   Vancouver’s future is dimming due to unaffordable housing and overloaded public transit. How…
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May. 26, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Transit Funding In the News

Kelly Sinoski writes in the Sun: The B.C. Liberals are expected to pledge $246 million Thursday to expand Metro Vancouver’s transit system,…
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May. 26, 2016 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: The Doomerang Generation

pricetags: Astonishing how this story finds its parallels in Vancouver, San Francisco and other cities attracting world capital. The air…
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May. 25, 2016 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: Vancouver on the Thames

Ian: Remind anyone of Coal Harbour? (Or likely Vancouver House … or….) Almost two-thirds of homes in the Tower, a 50-storey…

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