Petition: Broadway plan must protect renters from demoviction

Dear Mayor and Councillors, I am writing to urge you to amend the Broadway Plan to include real renter protections. The aging rental buildings in Broadway are one of the last pockets of affordability left in the City. This Broadway Plan provided an opportunity to renew these buildings in a manner that creates more affordable […]

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More than half of all Vancouver Airbnb listings are illegal

More than half of all Vancouver Airbnb listings are illegal, according my latest analysis of the short-term rental platform data. Out of the 4315 active listings my scan picked up, 2894 fall under City of Vancouver short-term rental bylaws because they are available to be booked for less than 30 days at a time. Of […]

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No, Dr. Tansey, CMHC report never claimed that “the effect of foreign investors is small compared to other factors”

Yesterday, I demonstrated1)UBC report blaming red tape for housing crisis is based on lobby group report containing demonstrably false numbers that the report3)Growing Pains: Density, economic growth, sustainability and wellbeing in Metro Vancouver by Dr. James Tansey of UBC Sauder School of Business blaming red tape instead of foreign speculators has used a demonstrably false […]

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