David P Ball

Award-Wining Multimedia Reporter & Photojournalist

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Tag Archives: Housing

In more than a decade of journalism, one of my enduring interests has been housing, real estate and homelessness.

In 2013, I began a year-long reporting project exploring solutions to the affordable housing crisis in B.C. for the Tyee Solutions Society, investigating rental, social housing, and homeownership. I have been covering housing issues regularly since I first slept overnight in a squatted abandoned building for a Martlet newspaper feature in 2003.

Below are some samples from my housing portfolio.

Low-Rent Mansion Living? In Vancouver? Really?

November 9, 2015by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Yes, really. Groups of frustrated renters are snapping up urban acreages, and spend less on housing than the rest of us.

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Huffington Post Canada, The Tyee

Can Portland Hotel Society’s New Boss Restore Faith?

June 26, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

‘There won’t be any more Disneyland trips,’ says new head of beleaguered nonprofit.

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The Tyee

DTES transformation set at $1 billion

February 27, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Vancouver released its proposal for the troubled Downtown Eastside neighbourhood Thursday at a price tag of more than $1 billion.

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24 Hours

Out-of-the-box housing solution: Seven-storey recycled tower the next phase of a project too good to contain

January 30, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Five months after launching its prototype, Atira aims for a seven-storey recycled tower.

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Huffington Post Canada, Megaphone magazine, The Tyee

SERIES—False Creek South: An Experiment in Community

January 3, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

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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The Tyee, Tyee Solutions Society

Second Life for False Creek South?

January 3, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

A deal that made Vancouver’s urban housing experiment possible now clouds its future. Last in a series.

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The Tyee, Tyee Solutions Society

A Hippie-era Urban Experiment Hits 40

January 2, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Eccentric False Creek South nailed one goal: creating real community in Vancouver’s core. Part 3 of a series.

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The Tyee

Stars Aligned for False Creek South

January 1, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Decades ago, three levels of gov’t agreed to build something a little crazy. Funny thing: it mostly worked. Part 2 of a series.

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The Tyee, Tyee Solutions Society

False Creek’s Urban Experiment Seeks a Second Act

December 31, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Clock ticking for a Trudeau-era attempt at a visionary utopia in Vancouver. Part 1 of 4.

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The Tyee, Tyee Solutions Society

Judge again orders Abbotsford homeless camp eviction

December 20, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

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.

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The Tyee, Tyee Solutions Society

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About David P. Ball

REPORTERS' DUTY IS TO INFORM, IMPACT, INSPIRE & DEFEND DEMOCRACY

My nearly 20 years of investigative journalism experience includes top national media awards, and bylines in Canada and the world's most-read outlets — including the Globe & Mail, Guardian, Le Monde, National Post, Toronto Star, VICE, La Presse, AFP, Figaro, Times of India, Daily Mail — in online, daily print, magazine, photo, video and radio storytelling.

Most recently covering the B.C. politics beat for the Star Vancouver (The Toronto Star's B.C. bureau), my journalism has been recognized with three of Canada's top media awards.

CAJ Award-Winner & Multiple Finalist

Webster Award Award-Winner & Finalist

CJF Co-winner

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Published in over 100 publications, reaching millions of readers worldwide:

• Globe & Mail
• Toronto Star
• The Guardian
• National Post
• New York Post
• Daily Mail UK
• VICE
• Ottawa Sun & QMI chain
• iPolitics
• Huffington Post
• Hamilton Spectator
• 24 Hours
• The Tyee
• Georgia Straight
• Xtra!
• Windspeaker
• Extract: Pipeline anthology chapter

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MY PHOTOJOURNALISM:
Published in the Globe & Mail, The Province, New York Post, CBC News, Toronto Star, National Post, Bild am Sonntag (DE), Arsenal Pulp Press, Georgia Straight, Tricity News


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