Housing affordability vs. demolition: Can we build up without tearing down?

To make housing affordable in Canada, 3.5 million more units need to be built by 2030, according to the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation. B.C. alone has a projected supply gap of 610,000 homes. In response, all levels of government are putting forward a dizzying array of policies aimed at stimulating new development. However, some of these […]

Reusing and relocating ought to be part of the solution to the housing crisis

We’re in the middle of a housing supply and affordability crisis, yet hundreds of good homes across Metro Vancouver and thousands across Canada are being destroyed every year. Between 2016-2021, metropolitan areas in British Columbia were some of the fastest growing in Canada. Vancouver welcomed 179,000 new residents, a 7.3 per cent population increase, while Victoria, Nanaimo, […]

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