After years of waiting, the City announced the launch of a discussion paper on co-op housing lease renewals. The paper proposes four scenarios that “aim to maximize the delivery of affordable housing on public land while also providing stability to residents.” This announcement was greeting by a series of news articles, plus a CBC Radio interview with CHF BC director, Thom Armstrong.
Last month, I was part of diverse group of stakeholders from the housing, public health, municipal, private and non-profit sectors who were invited by the City of Vancouver on a Hey Neighbour! field trip to tour friendly buildings in the city.
Community Land Trusts (CLTs) are a largely “uncharted” vehicle with the potential to retain much needed affordable housing, and finance future sustainable and locally guided development, in Metro Vancouver.
While Vancouver prides itself on multi-modal transportation options, with less than half of trips into its downtown in cars, free parking is still sacrosanct for many.
These Land Trusts share a common mission: to support co-operative and non-profit housing and the low- and moderate income households they serve.
Vancouver’s Pop-Up City Hall was a first step in exploring new ways for the City to engage with its residents.
I recently came across a video by CU Planet about the role that Vancity Credit Union played in the foundation of the Athlete’s Village Housing Co-operative.
Join the Urban Development Institute (Pacific Region) as they welcome Mukhtar Latif, the City of Vancouver’s Chief Housing Officer, in his first address to UDI. Details Location: Regency Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Hotel 655 Burrard Street, Vancouver Date/Time: Friday, February 21, 2014 11:30 am – registration and networking 12:00 to 1:30 pm – lunch and keynote Fees/Admission: $85 + GST – Everyone…
Inspired by similar projects in San Francisco and New York City, Vancouver is envisioning its own version of ‘pavement to parks’ projects.
Regular readers will notice that my posting has been very light practically non-existent over the past several months. My day job with PlaceSpeak, writing for Spacing Vancouver and coordinating Jane’s Walks in Vancouver have left me with little time to write here. One of the initiative I am involved in at PlaceSpeak is the 2012 Metro…