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Vancouver SRO owner rejects rent control, favours more housing supply

Vancouver SRO owner rejects rent control, favours more housing supply

Greg Spafford: "What Vancouver needs overall is just more housing — any type, any level."
B.C. launches $500 million rental building buy fund

B.C. launches $500 million rental building buy fund

Katie Maslechko, CEO, will stick handle controversial B.C. government program that aims to help non-profits buy and preserve older rental apartment buildings
Edmonton on a real estate roll as Exhibition Land sales start

Edmonton on a real estate roll as Exhibition Land sales start

City has seen $800 million in commercial real estate transactions through the first quarter as nearly 200 properties sold
Changing strata law to 55-plus not a blanket ban on young

Changing strata law to 55-plus not a blanket ban on young

Some B.C. strata corporations have changed or plan to change to a 55-plus age regulation to get around a new provincial law that stops a ban on condo rentals
New Saanich policy to require developers to help displaced tenants

New Saanich policy to require developers to help displaced tenants

For all rezoning applications that result in permanent displacement of five or more tenant households, the applicant would have to offer relocation help and the right to a new suite at a discounted rate
More than 100 DTES homeless will move to ‘ultra-trendy’ South Granville

More than 100 DTES homeless will move to ‘ultra-trendy’ South Granville

Residential tower is ‘Just steps from the ultra-trendy South Granville shopping district, with a mix of high end fashion boutiques, home furnishing stores, cafés and restaurants’
CAPREIT CEO endorses Eby's $500M rental-buy plan

CAPREIT CEO endorses Eby's $500M rental-buy plan

Canada’s largest landlord offers to sell hundreds of its older “affordable” units to the B.C. government and non-profits
Comment: The inevitable rise of the permanent renter

Comment: The inevitable rise of the permanent renter

The percentage of Canadian renters has increased at three times the rate of homeowners over the past decade and shows no sign of slowing
PART 2: B.C. social housing: non-profit programs with promise

PART 2: B.C. social housing: non-profit programs with promise

This is the last of a two-part Western Investor special report on the millions of dollars in government spending, which is meant to provide affordable housing for the most vulnerable in British Columbia
Comment: City change to Broadway Plan will slow pace of rental housing

Comment: City change to Broadway Plan will slow pace of rental housing

Vancouver staff recommendation to allow only five new development proposals per year flies in the face of earlier plans – and the city’s desperate need for more rental units