SERIES—False Creek South: An Experiment in Community
Tyee Solutions Society explored one of the country’s most audacious, if now long-forgotten, experiments in social and urban engineering.
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Second Life for False Creek South?
A deal that made Vancouver’s urban housing experiment possible now clouds its future. Last in a series.
Stars Aligned for False Creek South
Decades ago, three levels of gov’t agreed to build something a little crazy. Funny thing: it mostly worked. Part 2 of a series.
False Creek’s Urban Experiment Seeks a Second Act
Clock ticking for a Trudeau-era attempt at a visionary utopia in Vancouver. Part 1 of 4.
Judge again orders Abbotsford homeless camp eviction
As temperatures plummet and snow billows down before the holidays, today a B.C. Supreme Court judge ordered the eviction of an Abbotsford homeless camp.
Latest in Vancouver Density Battle: Demolition at Marine Gardens
Townhouses along key SkyTrain line must be torn down to make way for big development, city says.
Study Details Canada’s ‘Perfect Storm’ Housing Problem
Eroding incomes and plunging rental stock leave 380,600 households in ‘severe’ need.
Advocates call for ‘social impact’ assessments of new Downtown Eastside developments
The city should require low-income “social impact assessments” of all new businesses and condominiums in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
Feds have ‘no choice but to listen’ to municipal pressure on affordable housing
Over the past decade, the average price tag of new homes in Canada has almost doubled, and homeownership remains hindered by skyrocketing personal debt.
Housing Justice Project puts affordable lodging and legal advocacy into action
Affordable housing is a recognized human right, say legal advocates, but too many residents of B.C. are unable to exercise that right, or even access the legal system as tenants.
David P Ball 