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A case for urban renewal: reform strata legislation

An ever growing population in British Columbia’s urban centres, combined with ageing building stock in many areas, has necessitated a need to reconsider provisions of the

The Design Advantage Workshop – Thoughts + Reflections

In a two-part series, on November 24th and 29th, the Urban Development Institute, in combination with the Sauder School of Business at UBC, held the inaugural Design Advantage

The Politics of Planning

It is not commonly known to homebuyers that along with the cost of land, construction costs, and government fees, that there is another large expense built into the purchase price of a home. 

A Convenience Truth

In the fall of 2010, seventeen students from both the UBC School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) and the UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA)

The Affordability Solution

Comparing local housing markets in Canada, “Vancouver really stands alone in its extreme unaffordability across all housing types” (Royal Bank of Canada, August 2011).  As any aspirin

Elevate Planning Control to Provincial Government

The urban development industry in British Columbia generates $30 billion in economic activity annually and is responsible for the creation of over 250,000 jobs – approximately 150,000 more than the

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Scrap the Property Transfer Tax

By Maureen Enser

There are many reasons people may take the decision to purchase a new home.

A Planning Tale of Two Cities - Parts 1 & 2

Two Cities consistently rank in the top 10 as most livable in the world and both consistently the most unaffordable when it comes to housing.  Both have a limited developable land supply const

Why Gen Y Can't Buy - The Carpenter

By Tim Shepherd

As a young carpenter, I dream of one day building my own home or renovating my very own condo in a lively area of Vancouver.  I currently rent downtown

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