
Vancouver City Council and Mayor on rental housing – one step forward, two steps back
The City Council and Mayor in Vancouver have made a huge mistake while trying to do something positive to ease the rental crisis.

The City Council and Mayor in Vancouver have made a huge mistake while trying to do something positive to ease the rental crisis.

It’s not the first time this year we’ve raised the alarm, and we were hoping to head toward the holidays with a little more of a relaxed vibe, but we need your attention and help. Property rights are at stake.

Suburbs buzz with new rental activity; City of Vancouver sleeps at the wheel

You may hit a home run selling your property as a redevelopment site.

Spoiler alert – don’t downzone!

Transactions, dollar volume and values decline.

The last 18 months or so would rate amongst the most challenging we’ve seen in almost two decades.

Motion would effectively downzone a number of properties, arbitrarily decreasing their value without consultation with affected landowners.

The Goodman Report has learned from a City of Vancouver planning department employee that a City councillor has filed a motion recommending cancellation of the City’s Secure Market Rental Housing Policy and the deforestation of approximately 10% of Stanley Park which is not being used.

The little City that could becomes the little City that won’t