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

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