Is Residential Rental Tenure Zoning the key to solve the housing crisis in BC?
It is no surprise that housing affordability in British Columbia is in a state of crisis, despite the efforts made by the provincial and local governments to address the problem. This is why we in the Housing Research Collaborative (HRC) are constantly exploring new tools and methods to alleviate the housing situation. As part […]
HRC Research Informs Knowledge Mobilization Strategy to Shape Federal Platforms and Increase Voter Turn Out
Last spring, members of the Housing Research Collaborative (HRC) in BC, and colleagues in our Balanced Housing Supply Research Node across the country, contributed evidence-informed policy recommendations for a Federal Housing Policy Framework that we collectively prepared in advance of the federal election. The work was led by HRC members, Dr. Paul Kershaw of […]
Partnerships in Affordable Housing: 3 innovative cases in BC
Does it ever feel like the housing affordability crisis is here to stay? And that there is little hope for households to be able to afford decent housing? Turns out there is hope, and we at the Housing Research Collaborative (HRC) had a session at the 2019 BC Land Summit where we introduced to […]
Affordable housing crisis spreading to Metro Vancouver suburbs: study
Author: Dario Balca
Source: CTV Vancouver News
Metro Vancouver’s affordability crisis surging in suburbs: report
Author: Jennifer Saltman
Source: Vancouver Sun
Affordability crisis reaches Vancouver suburbs, report finds, increasing threat of homelessness
Author: Andrea Woo
Source: The Globe and Mail
Family spent weeks living in tent in Vancouver park before finding home it could afford
Author: Yvette Brend
Source: CBC News
Affordability crisis not just a Vancouver problem anymore: report
Author: Lauren Boothby and Martin Macmahon
Source: News 1130 – City News
Report finds Metro Vancouver’s affordability crisis surging at ‘alarming speed’
Author: Eric Zimmer
Source: Daily Hive – Vancouver Urbanized
Housing crunch pushing even the suburbs out of reach of B.C. families: report
Author: Simon Little & Janet Brown
Source: Global News