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Apr. 13, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Economist~Chinatown Resisting Developers in "Property Battle"

Even the magazine The Economist is weighing in on the importance of Vancouver’s Chinatown as a historic and very special cultural place…
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Apr. 11, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Meeting On the Road To Change

Wondering who’s thinking about housing and might bring change to City Council? Here’s a few cross-party names. @RAICMetroVan +@museumofvan Affordable…
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Apr. 11, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

The Struggle For Change

Vancouver’s October civic election contains a fascinating struggle by young new faces to effect real change on council and the…
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Apr. 09, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Living with Kids in Higher Density~Five Kids, One Condo

Kirsten Dirksen is a television producer who has become an on-line video blogger.  Her company Faircompanies.com has a media site…
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Apr. 08, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

That Housing Thing

Alex Bozikovic writes in the Globe and Mail on housing:  the hot topic now firmly entrenched at the top of…
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Mar. 29, 2018 / Gordon Price

Ideas, Not Taxes – Solutions for Affordable Housing in BC

Regular PT commenter Thomas asked to have this analysis he wrote of the ‘speculation tax’ posted on Price Tags, to…
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Mar. 28, 2018 / Gordon Price

This Week in Victoria – 3

This week, selected items and observations from a short trip to Victoria. Back in 2016, Dan Ross reported on Victoria’s…
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Mar. 28, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Hong Kong Reviews Radical Housing Options

  Another city that is really facing the housing squeeze is Hong Kong as reported in this New York Times article that…
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Mar. 27, 2018 / Gordon Price

This Week in Victoria – 2

This week, selected items and observations from a short trip to Victoria. The Victoria I grew up in was a…
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Mar. 26, 2018 / Gordon Price

Jillian Glover's "My Affordable City"

Jillian Glover, of This City Life, launched her latest series, My Affordable City: My Affordable City is a series profiling…
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Mar. 26, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Developer Profit More Important than Farmland in the City of Richmond

It is hard to believe that a former farming community like the City of Richmond, which has championed density in…
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Mar. 09, 2018 / michaelkluckner

Labour Supply vs. Demand

From Business in Vancouver via Jak King: Is this a textbook example of Adam Smith’s dictum, or are there other…
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Mar. 07, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Foreign investment "distorting" Canadian housing market~Bank CEO Says

From the Daily Durning~as reported in the Financial Post  “Foreign inflows are distorting Canada’s already constrained housing market and aren’t the…
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Mar. 02, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Empire Landmark Hotel — Down, Then Up [Updated]

Vancouver’s 40+ year-old Empire Landmark hotel is slowly going down, starting this month.  It’s 42 storeys will be demolished in…

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