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Jun. 22, 2016 / Gordon Price

In a Bond: Housing and Traffic in North Van

Pete McMartin profiles the housing dilemma of Matthew Bond, a councillor in the District of North Vancouver (and graduate of…
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Jun. 15, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Too Little Too Late? Gregor’s Lax Housing Tax

After much dithering at the Provincial level this  Globe and Mail Article  states that Gregor Robertson, Mayor of Vancouver is…
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Jun. 14, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Andy Yan and Millennials in Van

Andy Yan has a thoughtful and well researched approach to the subjects he studies. He is fearless in approaching the…
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Jun. 13, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Hogans Alley and the Loss of a Community

Before Vancouver’s  Georgia Viaduct was implemented, there was an active community that existed between Union and Prior Streets in Vancouver.…
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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. 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

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

Code Red and the Housing Crisis

UBC prof Paul Kershaw has been organizing and speaking on ‘Generation Squeeze’ for some time.  But now, with Code Red…
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May. 25, 2016 / Gordon Price

The Freak Show

How did Vancouver become the least affordable city in North America? Edwin Lane reports from the Canadian city where house…
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May. 24, 2016 / Gordon Price

Housing and real estate: Indicators of Crisis

Just two more signs of the changing times. A Facebook site:  Foreign Investment in Vancouver Real Estate . And this…
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May. 24, 2016 / Gordon Price

The Emergence of Billionaire’s Bay

From CityLab: Mapping the Incredible Spread of Million-Dollar Homes Across San Francisco .…
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May. 18, 2016 / Gordon Price

CCPA: “Getting Serious about Affordable Housing”

A paper released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, written by Marc Lee: . THIS PAPER DRAWS UPON…

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