A key committee of developers and advocates advising City Hall on its inclusionary housing policies wants to chop affordable housing requirements even further.
Almost no housing is getting built in S.F. Could this proposal change that?
A key committee of developers and advocates advising City Hall on its inclusionary housing policies wants to chop affordable housing requirements even further.
bit.ly
April 11, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Cities continue to give waivers to for-profit developers who've made windfall profits for 20+years.They cry that it's slow but aim to resuscitate the RE bubble, keep profits high.
www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/... #FAIL #FAIL #vanre #metrovan #DCCs #ItsProfitsStupid #RECartel #vanpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/... #FAIL #FAIL #vanre #metrovan #DCCs #ItsProfitsStupid #RECartel #vanpoli
Builders welcome rollback of Metro Vancouver’s development charges
Industry had asked the regional government for the change for several years
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Cities continue to give waivers to for-profit developers who've made windfall profits for 20+years.They cry that it's slow but aim to resuscitate the RE bubble, keep profits high.
www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/... #FAIL #FAIL #vanre #metrovan #DCCs #ItsProfitsStupid #RECartel #vanpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/... #FAIL #FAIL #vanre #metrovan #DCCs #ItsProfitsStupid #RECartel #vanpoli
UDI Illich/ Townline: "been advocating for a while...[govt] should allow us to build more modest housing...put aside ...ideologies around their vision of livability..."
Also- "47 luxury...prestigious Oakridge..." etc (www.townline.com/project/the-...) #vanre #craftingbadly #itsProfitsstupid
Also- "47 luxury...prestigious Oakridge..." etc (www.townline.com/project/the-...) #vanre #craftingbadly #itsProfitsstupid
November 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
UDI Illich/ Townline: "been advocating for a while...[govt] should allow us to build more modest housing...put aside ...ideologies around their vision of livability..."
Also- "47 luxury...prestigious Oakridge..." etc (www.townline.com/project/the-...) #vanre #craftingbadly #itsProfitsstupid
Also- "47 luxury...prestigious Oakridge..." etc (www.townline.com/project/the-...) #vanre #craftingbadly #itsProfitsstupid
RECartel continue to press for moar waivers (for higher profits), w/ onus on Govts & taxpayers. vancouversun.com/opinion/colu... #vanre #ItsProfitsStupid #DCLs #metrovan #vanpoli #bcpoli
Douglas Todd: Metro Vancouver's housing growth 'isn't free.' Who should pay for it?
Each new Canadian housing unit requires an average of $107,000 in civic infrastructure. But developers increasingly don't want to pay for it.
vancouversun.com
April 17, 2026 at 4:47 PM
RECartel continue to press for moar waivers (for higher profits), w/ onus on Govts & taxpayers. vancouversun.com/opinion/colu... #vanre #ItsProfitsStupid #DCLs #metrovan #vanpoli #bcpoli
#BaitAndSwitch rezonings that remove required social housing should face downzoning (Subscribers) www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/... #vanre #ItsSpeculationStupid #ItsProfitsStupid #FightForLandbanks #donorsfirst #vanpoli
Vancouver luxury tower ditches social housing component
With the market for presales having gone soft, Montreal-based Brivia Group has applied to the city to pay cash-in-lieu, or a community amenity contribution
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 29, 2024 at 5:38 PM
#BaitAndSwitch rezonings that remove required social housing should face downzoning (Subscribers) www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/... #vanre #ItsSpeculationStupid #ItsProfitsStupid #FightForLandbanks #donorsfirst #vanpoli
Subscribers: "The tower is an efficient way to add density...but it’s also a problematic building form that enhances income disparity" - housing researcher Villagomez www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/... #vanre #MOAR #densityforwhom #ItsProfitsStupid #vanpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli
High-rise towers not the answer to the housing affordability crisis in Vancouver, critics say
Based on construction alone, in a building without underground parking, ‘the average Vancouver household would be priced out between the third and eighth level’, writes Erick Villagomez
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Subscribers: "The tower is an efficient way to add density...but it’s also a problematic building form that enhances income disparity" - housing researcher Villagomez www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/... #vanre #MOAR #densityforwhom #ItsProfitsStupid #vanpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli
#tbt Beau Jarvis in 2016, to Millennials, YVR renters and prospective resident homeowners: #DontNeed1Million #AdjustYourExpectations
2026: "Beau Jarvis, president and CEO of Wesgroup Properties LP, said the commitment to reduce DCCs up to 50% is welcome news." #ItsProfitsStupid
2026: "Beau Jarvis, president and CEO of Wesgroup Properties LP, said the commitment to reduce DCCs up to 50% is welcome news." #ItsProfitsStupid
July 2, 2026 at 3:05 PM
#tbt Beau Jarvis in 2016, to Millennials, YVR renters and prospective resident homeowners: #DontNeed1Million #AdjustYourExpectations
2026: "Beau Jarvis, president and CEO of Wesgroup Properties LP, said the commitment to reduce DCCs up to 50% is welcome news." #ItsProfitsStupid
2026: "Beau Jarvis, president and CEO of Wesgroup Properties LP, said the commitment to reduce DCCs up to 50% is welcome news." #ItsProfitsStupid
Surrey affordable housing being replaced with not-so-affordable condos vancouversun.com/news/surrey-... #vanre #SurreyBC #demovictions #ItsSpeculationStupid #ItsProfitsStupid #metrovan #bcpoli
Surrey affordable housing being replaced with not-so-affordable condos
Surrey has been knocking down low-income/low-rental housing, replacing them with towers with only a fraction of "affordable housing" units.
vancouversun.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Surrey affordable housing being replaced with not-so-affordable condos vancouversun.com/news/surrey-... #vanre #SurreyBC #demovictions #ItsSpeculationStupid #ItsProfitsStupid #metrovan #bcpoli