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Nov. 09, 2015 / Gordon Price

And you think our housing shortage is bad now …

Try around World II.   From Neil Whaley via Jason Vanderhill: . I had heard Vancouver had a post-war housing shortage,…
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Nov. 09, 2015 / Gordon Price

"Capitulating to real-estate interests:" The Dilemma for Affordable Housing Leaders

Why is it that political leaders from the left, with affordable housing as a main platform plank, suffer from the…
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Nov. 09, 2015 / Gordon Price

Why don't provincial politicians care about Metro?

It’s clear the Liberal government doesn’t really care much about Metro Vancouver, the City in particular.  Even as their policies…
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Nov. 04, 2015 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: London stories that could be about Vancouver

One more from the series ‘stories about London which could also be about Vancouver:’ … The speaker from Architects for Social…
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Nov. 04, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Scot: Cost of condos now a challenge

Scot notes the current reports on the cost of condos: . So we are told that we shouldn’t expect to…
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Nov. 03, 2015 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: Renting Forever

From The Guardian: Why buy – ever? Vast numbers of young people on low salaries have given up on the…
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Nov. 03, 2015 / Gordon Price

Michael Mortensen: Do we need a New Vancouver Special?

From Michael Mortensen: . Do we need a “NEW Vancouver Special?” . I’ve often thought that Vancouver needs a “New…
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Nov. 02, 2015 / Gordon Price

Strategic Avoidance: Ignoring the Big Issues of Housing and Transit

The reports keep coming in on the most important and least-addressed issue in Vancouver: housing.  In addition to the usual…
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Oct. 22, 2015 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: What would the 'Great Canadian House' be like?

Ian Robertson: . Interesting project from Sweden – essentially a crowdsourced house ‘designed’ by two million Swedes. It would be…
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Oct. 21, 2015 / Gordon Price

October in New York: Parking lots, slivers and stories

I noticed this building at 785 8th Avenue, now known as the Icon, on a previous trip.  It’s still weird:…
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Oct. 21, 2015 / Gordon Price

Michael Mortensen's Lessons from London

Further to the Housing Crisis in London, a comment worth bringing forward from Michael Mortensen, who is based there. .…
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Oct. 20, 2015 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: Housing Crisis in London

An interesting addendum to the cost of housing elsewhere: According to an insight study performed by the think tank New…
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Oct. 05, 2015 / Gordon Price

Immigration, Capital and the Cost of Housing

Another important item from Business in Vancouver: The first half of 2015 has seen a net increase of less than 6,000…
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Oct. 01, 2015 / Gordon Price

Out-of Town-Topic: Housing, Immigration and Taxes

I’m off to Portland (and no, not because of this).  So until I return, here are a few articles I’ve…

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