Increased density unlikely to fix Vancouver's affordability crisis
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English - October 18, 2018 02:44 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In September, Vancouver councillors voted to allow duplexes everywhere in the city, as part of a plan to increase housing options. Mayor Gregor Robertson said it was a move to deal with the unaffordability of housing in Vancouver. John Rose is a geographer at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. He says Vancouver’s high property values aren’t a supply problem and that this upzoning may actually make things worse.