It’s been 2 months since a massive 4.8 million dollar chandelier was unveiled under the Granville Bridge, and many articles have been written criticizing the developer, Westbank Corp., for hanging the chandelier over the homeless people of Vancouver. Many people are asking the same question: “What could have done with that money for homeless people?”
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Every city has its own urban legend. Vancouver’s fantasy over the last few years is that it has the world’s second most unaffordable housing. On…
View More Vancouver and Unaffordable Housing: A Global Issue
Every city has its own urban legend. Vancouver’s fantasy over the last few years is that it has the world’s second most unaffordable housing. On…
View More Vancouver and Unaffordable Housing Part 2: A Tale of Many Cities
Every city has its own urban legend. Vancouver’s fantasy over the last few years is that it has the world’s second most unaffordable housing. On…
View More Vancouver and Unaffordable Housing Part 3: Solutions or Scapegoats?
Every city has its own urban legend. Vancouver’s fantasy over the last few years is that it has the world’s second most unaffordable housing. On…
View More Vancouver and Unaffordable Housing Part 4: Lots of Statistics, and a Few Lies
Every city has its own urban legend. Vancouver’s fantasy over the last few years is that it has the world’s second most unaffordable housing. On…
View More Vancouver and Unaffordable Housing Part 5: The China Factor
New promises by the governing federal Conservatives to investigate the relationship between rising housing prices and foreign investment in Vancouver may resonate with local voters…
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