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Worried about Infrastructure Costs? Then End the Apartment Ban
Takeaways: Opponents of building more homes in British Columbia, and especially denser, lower-cost options like apartments, often wield the argument that their communities lack the…
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Writing from our researchers this year
Housing—in particular a lack of affordable housing throughout BC—was a major concern for British Columbians this year and no doubt will continue in 2025. Our researchers wrote extensively on this issue. Here are some highlights.
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Tackling racial inequality in Vancouver’s housing crisis: a new community research initiative
This initiative seeks to shed light on the racialized dimensions of Vancouver’s housing crisis and to develop data-driven housing policies that prioritize both racial equity and decolonization.
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It’s a housing crisis. Why are cities like Vancouver still banning apartments in most areas?
Vancouver is the epicentre of BC’s housing crisis and shortage. So why does the city still effectively ban new apartment buildings on most of its residential land, reserving it exclusively for low-density housing?
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Building equity: lessons for affordable housing in BC
No topic has dominated the headlines in recent years more than housing, or the growing lack of affordable options in Metro Vancouver and other cities…
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Time to scale up: next steps for non-market housing in BC
Despite some positive policy moves, BC is still not meeting the demands of the housing crisis. We need more non-market housing in BC now.
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Vancouver’s go-slow multiplex policy could blow a hole in provincial housing projections
Vancouver’s go-slow multiplex policy could blow a hole in provincial housing projections. If the city doesn’t fix the policy, it will reduce the estimated benefits from BC’s housing legislation by 30,000+ homes.
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Provincial zoning reform essential to reduce housing exclusion and displacement
Sky-high rents, ultra-low vacancy rates and fierce competition for scarce homes have become the grim but familiar picture of housing in BC, driving unaffordability, exclusion…
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Affordability crisis will persist until we get a handle on runaway housing costs
Although inflation has come down from the historic highs recorded in 2022, the cost of living in Metro Vancouver continues to increase rapidly. It now…
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Taxing land wealth for the public good: provincial policy options
Property wealth has become a massive source of inequality in BC as home prices and rents have risen dramatically amid a severe housing crisis and…
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The federal government’s potential leap towards housing affordability
This is an excerpt from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ annual Alternative Federal Budget chapter on housing. It outlines what an ambitious federal government…
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Housing lessons from Singapore
Could Singapore, a city-state of 5.5 million across the ocean in Asia, hold the key to BC’s housing future? On a recent trade mission to…
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