Building tiny on Bowen Island
Callahan Tufts and his girlfriend Lauren Karst stand in the centre of their soon-to-be-home. The space is still a raw wood frame and floor. Building their own[…]
Tagged: housing
Small communities paving the way for tiny houses in British Columbia
Across B.C., a growing number of tiny-house owners are looking for a place to call home. Some advocates for the budding movement believe the future lies in small[…]
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Airbnb private rooms not a threat to Vancouver housing market, say hosts
Vancouver Airbnb hosts renting spare bedrooms in their homes through Airbnb say they are not taking potential housing off the market. As debate continues around the impact of Airbnb[…]
Ousted homeless flock to Christian shelter
The flood of homeless campers from a tent city at Oppenheimer Park has strained the resources of a homeless shelter in the Downtown Eastside. The Christian-based Harbour Light had[…]
Threat to older homes in Vancouver’s west side recedes
The demolitions of old homes may finally be slowing in Vancouver’s affluent Dunbar neighbourhood, according to citywide statistics and local observations. There have been only 331 construction permits[…]
Downtown Eastside hotels luring a new clientele: yuppies
A new kind of tenant is being lured into Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside: young, educated, indebted—and looking for affordable rent.
Leaky co-ops struggling as federal subsidy dries up
Sunrise Co-op wasn’t much to look at when Mariner Janes and his wife first moved in nine years ago. Water was leaking into the building and causing serious[…]
Vancouver’s house-rich seniors staying put
Vivien Bevis and her husband, Richard, don’t see any benefit to taking advantage of their equity and selling their west side home. Now in their late 70s, the[…]
Dunbar demolitions shake community’s core
When Wendy Urquhart looks upon her 1930s Dunbar cottage, she sees 80 years of family history. That’s why, when she was forced to sell it last month for[…]
Collective living goes upscale in Vancouver’s richest neighbourhood
Ami Muranetz signed a $70,000, one-year lease for a 6,500-square-foot house in Shaughnessy last February. Then she set off to find 10 like-minded people to transform the Tudor-style[…]
Culture
Iranian students in Canada suffer impact of U.S. sanctionsNovember 21, 2018
Journalists of colour insist media diversity will only improve when editors careNovember 21, 2018
Sex-consent workshop policies at fraternities have gapsNovember 21, 2018
Financial pressure forces local theatre workers to jump ship to Hollywood NorthOctober 25, 2018
