Download or read book Vancouver Housing Inventory written by Regional Planning Council of Clark County and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vancouver Non market Housing Inventory 1953 1995 written by City of Vancouver. The Housing Centre. Community Services Group and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vancouver Non market Housing Inventory 1953 1992 written by Vancouver (B.C.). Housing & Properties Department. Housing Centre and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Inventory of Subsidized Housing in the Greater Portland Vancouver Metropolitan Area written by Thomas J. Vanderzanden and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Planning on the Edge written by Penny Gurstein and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2019-12-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vancouver is heralded around the world as a model for sustainable development. In Planning on the Edge, nationally and internationally renowned planning scholars, activists, and Indigenous leaders assess whether this reputation is warranted. While recognizing the many successes of the “Vancouverism” model, the contributors acknowledge that the forces of globalization and speculative property development have increased social inequality and housing insecurity since the 1980s in the city and the region. By evaluating policies at the local, provincial, and federal levels and taking reconciliation with Indigenous peoples into account, Planning on the Edge highlights the kinds of policies and practices needed to reorient Vancouver’s development trajectory along a more environmentally sound and equitable path.
Download or read book Running on Empty written by Dale Marshall and published by Canadian Centre Policy Alternatives. This book was released on 2004 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The BC Energy Plan: The Wrong Direction for BC's Oil and Gas Sector The course set out in Energy for Our Future: A Plan for BC will further the alarming trends in the province's oil and gas sector. [...] With respect to oil and gas development, the main themes of the energy plan include: • A focus on increased oil and gas production at the expense of economic development and envi- ronmental sustainability; • A weakened regulatory environment for the oil and gas sector, including allowing offshore oil development and coalbed meth- ane production; and With oil and gas reserves shrinking • A movement [...] In 2003, a request for proposals led to "over- subscription" in the plan and the Ministry of Energy and Mines increased the royalty credit for that year to $30 million.29 Then, in June 2004, the BC government signed a $40 million agreement with a private company to upgrade the Sierra Yoyo Desan Resource Road in order to "generate an increase in oil and gas exploration and development activities in [...] The BC energy plan expresses a bias towards lifting the moratorium (Policy 11), though the exact language is ambiguous: it calls for the Ministry of Energy and Mines to both "develop a provincial posi- tion" on the moratorium and "move...toward development of offshore resources." In this and other ways, the BC government has attempted to appear impartial while pushing hard for lifting both moratoria [...] The vast majority of jobs go to Albertans, some of whom are flown in to fill the posi- Instead of simply putting up oil tions.50 and gas tenures to the highest One proposal that would encourage the hiring of British Columbians bidder, the Oil and Gas would be to index the royalties paid by companies for our oil and gas to the personal income taxes paid to the province by its workers.51 Oil and Com.
Download or read book Comparative Civic Culture written by Laura A. Reese and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quest for a theoretical framework for understanding urban policy-making has been a recurring focus of research into local governments. Civic culture is a means for understanding how municipal policy-makers weigh the interests of different groups, govern the local community, frame local goals, engage in decision-making, and ultimately select and implement public policies. While it seems that culture 'matters' in local policy making, how to measure culture in a valid and replicable fashion presents a significant challenge which the authors address in this book. They present their findings of a large multi-city research project to explore the nature of civic culture in cities in the US and Canada. The focus of their analysis is on three overarching 'systems' of community power system, the community value system, and the community decision-making system. The authors address a number of questions around the nature of civic culture and the relationships between the three systemic elements of civic culture, to refine and apply a more sophisticated theory of urban policy-making.
Download or read book The Developers written by James Lorimer and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on detailed investigation of development in 14 Canadian cities supplemented by material from interviews, financial reports, newspaper files and trade publications, The Developers offers a comprehensive picture of a complex industry. Portraits of developers like Ottawa's Robert Campeau and Toronto's Bruce McLaughlin are coupled with stories of huge corporations such as Genstar and Cadillac Fairview. Lorimer looks at each in turn, explaining exactly how the developers are able to make enormous profits building the new corporate city. The Developers is a revealing account of the men and the companies behind the amazing growth of Canadian cities since the Second World War.
Download or read book Housing Market Study B C Place Vancouver British Columbia written by Urbanics Consultants Ltd and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strategies to Preserve the Existing Rental Housing Stock in Greater Vancouver written by Kraus, Deborah and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Real Estate Trends in Metropolitan Vancouver written by Vancouver (B.C.). Real Estate Board. Statistical and Survey Committee and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Role of Foreign Capital in Vancouver s Housing Market written by Anjum Mutakabbir and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The city of Vancouver has seen record high home prices in recent months. The housing price inflation has led to the city becoming one of the least affordable cities in the world in terms of housing. The rapid price increase has been blamed on various supply and demand side issues. This paper argues that foreign capital is playing a significant role in driving up home prices in Vancouver and proposes a series of policy options to mitigate the impact of foreign capital. Using secondary data analysis, the paper demonstrates that factors such as income, population growth, and supply of homes have not influenced home prices at a significant level. The paper provides evidence that influx of large sums of foreign capital and investment activity of High Net Worth Individuals are the primary drivers of housing prices in the city. Keeping this in mind, the policy options in the paper have been developed through substantive background research, expert interviews, jurisdictional scan and secondary data analysis. Policy options are evaluated using a criteria and measures matrix, which reflects the societal and government management objectives of effectiveness, budget impact, and stakeholder acceptance. The paper recommends using a Progressive Property Tax in conjunction with a Speculation Tax to mitigate some of the effects of foreign capital.
Download or read book Urban Housing Markets written by Larry S. Bourne and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1978-12-15 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Conference on Urban Housing Markets sponsored by the Centre for Urban and Community Studies in October 1977 was the first major conference on housing to be held in Canada since the First Canadian Housing Conference sponsored by the Canadian Welfare Council in 1968. This volume is at once a record of the Conference and a review of important recent research on urban housing markets and related public policy issues. The book captures the flavor of a lively debate between academics and policy analysts, and the commentaries and discussion sections provide, in non-technical language, a statement of some major questions confronting government policy on housing. In addition to its use as a record of an important Canadian conference, the book is a valuable collection of recent housing research. The ten papers cover a wide variety of topics ranging from conceptual and methodological issues on the one hand to critiques of Canadian housing policies on the other. They indicate the range of issues which must be taken into account in assessing housing policy. Taken together with the discussion material which helps to focus attention on strategic issues in both Canada and the United States, they provide a useful introduction to current debates over housing policy.
Download or read book House Home and Community written by John R. Miron and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1993-04-29 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors identify important considerations for evaluating the current and future housing situation, clarify housing research issues and priorities, and indicate emergent policy issues. The essays are divided into six sections: economic, demographic, and institutional factors underlying the postwar demand for housing; principal aspects of the supply side of housing, including housing finance, technology, and regulation; housing-stock growth and changes in housing quality; the balance of supply and demand in terms of adequacy, suitability, and affordability; the changing settlement environment; and lessons, challenges, and issues for the future. The book also contains valuable summaries of housing policy initiatives undertaken between 1945 and 1986. An essential reference document on urban housing and city development in the postwar period in Canada, House, Home, and Community will be valuable to academics, planners, professionals, and students with interests related to housing.
Download or read book Housing Vancouver Strategy written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increase in housing stock • This executive summary provides an overview of housing market serving a broad continuum of incomes and affordability metrics from the Data Book, a summary of selected Healthy Housing System Indicators, and highlights • Housing supply continues to grow in the City of Vancouver, on progress to date toward the Housing Vancouver approval driven by above average starts and c [...] Healthy Housing System Indicators Housing Affordability: Affordability continues to be a challenge for Vancouver households, and may be • In order to provide a high-level assessment of the health of driving loss of income diversity our housing system based on the values and goals of Housing Vancouver, a selection of housing system indicators will be • Housing costs continue to rise across housing [...] The Housing Vancouver targets were set based on several core objectives: • Retaining the diversity of incomes in the city • Shifting current housing production toward rental housing in order to meet the greatest need • Meeting ambitious targets for housing for low-income households, in partnership with senior levels of government and housing providers The Housing Vancouver targets indicate the amo [...] Key highlights include: • 162% of the annualized target for social and supportive housing • 52% of the annualized target for purpose-built rental • 177% of the annualized target for laneway housing • 17% of the annualized target for townhouses • 21% of the total 10-year Housing Vancouver target Figure 1.1.3. [...] Breakdown of Housing Vancouver non- The City aims to achieve its goal of creating 12,000 new units of market and low-income housing targets social, supportive, and co-operative housing in the next 10 years by Housing type # of dwelling units setting an annual benchmark of 1,200 units in approvals.
Download or read book BC Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canada written by International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2019-06-24 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Financial System Stability Assessment paper discusses that Canada has enjoyed favorable macroeconomic outcomes over the past decades, and its vibrant financial system continues to grow robustly. However, macrofinancial vulnerabilities—notably, elevated household debt and housing market imbalances—remain substantial, posing financial stability concerns. Various parts of the financial system are directly exposed to the housing market and/or linked through housing finance. The financial system would be able to manage severe macrofinancial shocks. Major deposit-taking institutions would remain resilient, but mortgage insurers would need additional capital in a severe adverse scenario. Housing finance is broadly resilient, notwithstanding some weaknesses in the small non-prime mortgage lending segment. Although banks’ overall capital buffers are adequate, additional required capital for mortgage exposures, along with measures to increase risk-based differentiation in mortgage pricing, would be desirable. This would help ensure adequate through-the cycle buffers, improve mortgage risk-pricing, and limit procyclical effects induced by housing market corrections.
