February 2012
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Not One
Responding to news that Vancouver Gregor Robertson has created a housing task force, Jak King: As I understand the latest figures, 55% of Vancouver’s population are renters.  And yet not a single renter is represented on the Task Force. Not one.
Feb 9th
January 2012
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Jan 1st
December 2011
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'Smallest rental units in Canada' to provide a... →
borismann: $850 / month. Under 300 sq. ft. I don’t understand why council is behind these units - that is completely unaffordable. Common sense says get a larger place and split the rent.
Dec 21st
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Mae Saslaw at Simple on whether to rent or buy →
If you can buy a home, should you? Homeownership is the American Dream, after all, and the 2010 Census (PDF) shows that in all the occupied homes in the country, twice as many people own than rent. That’s over 111 million homes, out of which 75 million are occupied by the owner, and 36 million by renters. We also know that people don’t always make the most perfect financial decisions, so let’s...
Dec 8th
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Sobering Warning from the Governor of the Bank of... →
Dec 8th
August 2011
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Vancouver Landlords Discriminate Against Gay...
From the “It’s Not Easy Being a Renter” file comes a report that, in Vancouver, researchers have found that landlords tend to reject same-sex male couples 25% more often than average, and that single parents also face unusual discrimination. Researchers seem to call the rental being taken as the basis for rejection as a negative. If the reason is simply true (in that the...
Aug 27th
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The Tyee's series on renting in Vancouver
The Tyee has commissioned a series by Jackie Wong on renting in the Metro Vancouver area. Part 1: No Room to Rent in the Livable City: [L]andlords, especially those straining to maintain aging but affordably priced properties, sometimes deem it necessary to evict long-term tenants in order to carry out upgrades. Others evict tenant to occupy units for personal use. Appealing against such...
Aug 22nd
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July 2011
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“With widespread warnings that we’re approaching the peak of the housing boom,...”
– Joanna Pachner, Canadian Business, July 13th, 2011
Jul 18th
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CNN Video: Should you rent or buy a home? →
Makes the case that there’s nothing wrong with renting a house, especially in this economy.
Jul 5th
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“In a report actually meant to make the case for investing in apartment real...”
– Steve Ladurantaye, The Globe and Mail, June 23, 2011
Jul 4th
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