Tag: Housing
Updated on November 13, 2016
Municipal fees driving up housing costs? Let’s look at the facts: there’s no evidence of impact
One overdue deliverable from Victoria’s 2016 Throne Speech is a pledge to bring transparency to the impact of municipal feels on housing prices. Such a move would be good news if it finally put an end to the hollow claim,… Read More
Updated on September 29, 2016
BC’s small towns struggling with housing crunch triggered by online short-term rentals
Mayors and councillors from across BC jammed a meeting room at the Union of BC Municipalities convention today to compare notes on the unprecedented housing crisis they face as a result of the explosion of online short-term rentals…. Read More
Posted on September 19, 2016
Vancouver tenant gives her perspective on short-term rental issue, pro and con
After a week that included meetings with Airbnb officials and Vancouver Airbnb hosts, this e-mail arrived in my inbox from a tenant setting out exactly the issues council will have to contend with when it adopts new regulations…. Read More
Posted on September 13, 2016
Landlord BC urging new incentives for rental construction as solution to housing crunch
Rental housing and the rights of tenants are shaping up as two big issues emerging in the run-up to the 2017 provincial election campaign. Landlord BC today condemned the bidding wars for rental housing that are breaking out… Read More
