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UBC to give affordable housing as perk to ‘valuable’ profs

March 31, 2014

A pilot program at the University of B.C. to create affordable housing is being challenged because the university is planning to hand out these coveted low-cost units to[…]

Vancouver housing co-ops face no-win dilemma

March 26, 2014

Co-ops have been a crucial part of the housing puzzle for 30 years in the Vancouver neighbourhood of Marpole. But as federal funding dries up…

Development pushes out United We Can

November 21, 2012

The hub of a recycling-based micro-economy in the Downtown Eastside is about to lose the home it’s had on East Hastings Street for nearly two decades. If the[…]

East Vancouver denizens see “positive impact” to housing experiments

October 23, 2012

The potential overhaul of Vancouver’s housing rules has met with guarded optimism in one east Vancouver neighbourhood. The dust is settling following city council’s decision in early October to[…]

Erica Babbins, a resident at the ARC, shares a studio with a roommate to keep her rent affordable.

Artists “pushed out” of building meant to provide a permanent home

October 19, 2012

Artists say they’re being squeezed out of a building that was created specially to provide affordable live-work space for artists in Vancouver. That’s something they say demonstrates a[…]

Proposed Dunbar seniors’ complex too high, expensive: residents

October 17, 2012

A development firm is proposing to build a six-storey high-end retirement centre in Dunbar, a move that has sparked strong opposition from residents who say the area needs[…]

Laneway housing heats up city council race

November 18, 2011

Some residents in Dunbar, a neighbourhood made up predominantly of single-detached homes, are hoping that the incoming Vancouver City Council will put a moratorium on the building of[…]

Downtown Eastside activists wary of Vision’s landlord database

November 17, 2011

Vision Vancouver’s proposal for an online apartment database is intended to pressure negligent landlords to clean up their act. But Downtown Eastside housing activists are worried that forced renovations in[…]

Misha is sixteen years old and homeless.

New housing for Vancouver’s vulnerable street youth

October 28, 2010

Five-hundred to 1,000 Vancouver youth sleep in the streets every night. Misha used to be one of them. Tonight the 16-year-old shares a muffin and cigarettes with her[…]

Foreign students in Vancouver face housing challenges

February 15, 2010

In a city known for its high quality of life, high costs in Vancouver force some international students to compromise their standard of living. Grant Burns, Ursula Diaz[…]