Vancouver city council approves rezoning major parts of city to allow duplexes

1128099 Sep 21, 2018 Uncategorized 0 Comments

After two days of public hearings, Vancouver city council has voted to rezone the majority of the city to enable duplex use in single-family home neighbourhoods on 19th Sept 2018. The decision, approved in the final city council meeting of Gregor Robertson's decade-long tenure as mayor of Vancouver, is also one of his most sweeping policies. Under the rezoning, duplexes — houses…

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Vancouver’s housing strategy aims for “transformation” of residential neighbourhoods

1128099 Nov 20, 2017 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Vancouver’s new 10-year housing strategy, a plan more than 14 months in the making, covers a lot of ground. The Housing Vancouver Strategy, unveiled Thursday less than a year out from a civic election in which housing is expected to be the top issue, touches on everything from creating affordable housing and taming speculation, to expediting the approval process and…

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