UDI Illich/ Townline: "been advocating for a while...[govt] should allow us to build more modest housing...put aside ...ideologies around their vision of livability..."

Also- "47 luxury...prestigious Oakridge..." etc (www.townline.com/project/the-...) #vanre #craftingbadly #itsProfitsstupid

Surrey affordable housing being replaced with not-so-affordable condos Surrey has been knocking down low-income/low-rental housing, replacing them with towers with only a fraction of "affordable housing" units.

Surrey affordable housing being replaced with not-so-affordable condos vancouversun.com/news/surrey-... #vanre #SurreyBC #demovictions #ItsSpeculationStupid #ItsProfitsStupid #metrovan #bcpoli

High-rise towers not the answer to the housing affordability crisis in Vancouver, critics say Based on construction alone, in a building without underground parking, ‘the average Vancouver household would be priced out between the third and eighth level’, writes Erick Villagomez

Subscribers: "The tower is an efficient way to add density...but it’s also a problematic building form that enhances income disparity" - housing researcher Villagomez www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/... #vanre #MOAR #densityforwhom #ItsProfitsStupid #vanpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli

Vancouver luxury tower ditches social housing component With the market for presales having gone soft, Montreal-based Brivia Group has applied to the city to pay cash-in-lieu, or a community amenity contribution

#BaitAndSwitch rezonings that remove required social housing should face downzoning (Subscribers) www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/... #vanre #ItsSpeculationStupid #ItsProfitsStupid #FightForLandbanks #donorsfirst #vanpoli