Before your son broke down in tears, you should have told him about the strong renter protections that go along with the Broadway Plan. And as a renter, your son is probly paying sky high rents, so it would be of great benefit to him and many other renters that a large new supply comes on line - which the Broadway Plan will provide. High rents in Vancouver are certainly a supply issue.
I spoke to my son about renter protection—he was unimpressed about moving out of the older ground level studio in a walkup building he lives in for the 2-3 year redevelopment period, then returning to a smaller suite at a higher rent. His current rent is right about the average for his area, according to CMHC stats.
As for the "large new supply" you mention, it will mostly be very small and/or very expensive. When city staff talk about "secured rental," all they mean is market rental that can't be turned into condos for 60 years—nothing to do with rent. Even the city's so-called "social housing" is, per the definition brought in by Vision more than a decade ago and maintained by the current Council, only 1/5th of apartments are somewhat below market, the balance are just more market rentals—small and expensive.
The fact that so many rentals are being bought up by investors and REITS (Real Estate Investment Trusts) does not bode well for rental affordability.
City Hall should be TRASPARENT. When Mot, one knows something is not according to zoning.
Vertical housing I have come to Accept. High density, especially when against City zoning is illegal in my mind. All data should be available in order to have a free and open city for All, and to afford community input.
Brian: I have been following your blog for the past few weeks. I am very active in the Marpole Community and I am continually appalled at the variances granted to developers for high rise buildings in Marpole contrary to the Marpole Plan. I would love to have a conversation, is this possible? Thanks.
Absolutely, Mike. Another Cambie Corridor resident, Rob Murray, has made me aware of some of the unpublicized changes that have occurred. The latest 'Feint by Numbers: 5455' came about because the lady mentioned, Jeannette, did some research that she shared with me. So Please make a list of the most egregious variances (54 units becomes 64, 20m high becomes 30m, etc.) then call me to discuss and plan a post. My # is 604-786-8908.
The city politicians and staff have no business in running a covert exercise regarding any property development proposals when they are there to represent the public interest including developers!
Michael, I agree 100%. My latest post (just published minutes ago) looks at another project—different address and neighbourhood, different staff tactics—they all nee to be revealed. Thanks for reading!
The DP app lookup used to list the proposals by address which you could then expand to see the plans. Now with how the Shape City website is constructed, it's almost impossible to see what's being proposed in your neighbourhood.
I wonder if anyone (journalists) has ever done a title search in rezoned areas and cross referenced owners with city employees? Might be interesting to go back 20 years or so.
Before your son broke down in tears, you should have told him about the strong renter protections that go along with the Broadway Plan. And as a renter, your son is probly paying sky high rents, so it would be of great benefit to him and many other renters that a large new supply comes on line - which the Broadway Plan will provide. High rents in Vancouver are certainly a supply issue.
I spoke to my son about renter protection—he was unimpressed about moving out of the older ground level studio in a walkup building he lives in for the 2-3 year redevelopment period, then returning to a smaller suite at a higher rent. His current rent is right about the average for his area, according to CMHC stats.
As for the "large new supply" you mention, it will mostly be very small and/or very expensive. When city staff talk about "secured rental," all they mean is market rental that can't be turned into condos for 60 years—nothing to do with rent. Even the city's so-called "social housing" is, per the definition brought in by Vision more than a decade ago and maintained by the current Council, only 1/5th of apartments are somewhat below market, the balance are just more market rentals—small and expensive.
The fact that so many rentals are being bought up by investors and REITS (Real Estate Investment Trusts) does not bode well for rental affordability.
Thanks for reading.
City Hall should be TRASPARENT. When Mot, one knows something is not according to zoning.
Vertical housing I have come to Accept. High density, especially when against City zoning is illegal in my mind. All data should be available in order to have a free and open city for All, and to afford community input.
Thank you
R Andrea Dyson Halldorson
Brian: I have been following your blog for the past few weeks. I am very active in the Marpole Community and I am continually appalled at the variances granted to developers for high rise buildings in Marpole contrary to the Marpole Plan. I would love to have a conversation, is this possible? Thanks.
Mike Burdick
Absolutely, Mike. Another Cambie Corridor resident, Rob Murray, has made me aware of some of the unpublicized changes that have occurred. The latest 'Feint by Numbers: 5455' came about because the lady mentioned, Jeannette, did some research that she shared with me. So Please make a list of the most egregious variances (54 units becomes 64, 20m high becomes 30m, etc.) then call me to discuss and plan a post. My # is 604-786-8908.
Thanks for reading.
The city politicians and staff have no business in running a covert exercise regarding any property development proposals when they are there to represent the public interest including developers!
Michael, I agree 100%. My latest post (just published minutes ago) looks at another project—different address and neighbourhood, different staff tactics—they all nee to be revealed. Thanks for reading!
The DP app lookup used to list the proposals by address which you could then expand to see the plans. Now with how the Shape City website is constructed, it's almost impossible to see what's being proposed in your neighbourhood.
Exactly. I have had to search 350+ shape your city sites to assemble an approximation of what’s going on.
I wonder if anyone (journalists) has ever done a title search in rezoned areas and cross referenced owners with city employees? Might be interesting to go back 20 years or so.
Sounds simple enough-go for it!