on November 24, 2023
BC’s new housing laws mean major shakeups for city councils but maybe that’s a good thing since we are in a housing crisis. Plus cities try to make themselves useful in the meantime. Except Surrey and especially except Harrison Hot Springs.
Links
- Legislation introduced to rein in short-term rentals, deliver more homes for people | BC Gov News
- More small-scale, multi-unit homes coming to B.C., zoning barriers removed | BC Gov News
- Legislation introduced to deliver more homes near transit hubs | BC Gov News
- Legislation introduced to streamline delivery of homes, services, infrastructure | BC Gov News
- New standardized designs will help build more homes quicker | BC Gov News
- Eby says governments must step up on housing, can’t rely on private sector – Real Estate | Business in Vancouver
- BC looking at Vienna & Singapore models of public housing
- It took 5 months, but B.C. Govt FOI response reveals the ten ‘experts’ guiding the hammer of provincial housing policy | CityHallWatch
- Could BC’s push to densify housing around transit hubs threaten Chinatown, Gastown heritage buildings?
- B.C.’s new housing rules could have ‘enormous unintended consequences,’ warns Coquitlam mayor
- Vancouver council passes 2 housing motions
- Motion to densify Shaughnessy housing fails | CityNews Vancouver
- Parking minimums eliminated for new developments in West End and Broadway Plan areas | City of Vancouver
- Vancouver councillor pitches ‘potentially transformational’ plan for the city’s Downtown Eastside – The Globe and Mail
- Draft 2024 Budget | City of Vancouver
- Mayor’s budget task force was supposed to report by Oct 3
- New VPD contract would make officers the highest paid in Canada | Globalnews.ca
- Vancouver’s Pay Boost for Unionized Staff Increases Budget Pressures | The Tyee
- Elections B.C. audits Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s political party campaign contributions
- TEAM calls for audit of ABC Vancouver
- Corporate donors put Stanley Park’s miniature train back on track for Christmas
- 23,000 Stanley Park Bright Night train tickets sell out in 90 minutes – BC | Globalnews.ca
- B.C. Supreme Court rules against Vancouver group’s challenge to supportive-housing project – BC | Globalnews.ca
- Minister’s statement on appointment of administrator to act in place of Surrey Police Board | BC Gov News
- Another Surrey lawsuit
- B.C. mayor asks council to approve hiring investigator to find ‘mole’ writing critical letters about him | CBC News
- Vancouveratta: Slumach.ca