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  1. Loosening restrictive zoning rules can increase housing supply and stabilize rents

    Between 2013 and 2018 housing supple strained Auklands supply. The city's home prices doubled between 2009 and 2016. Unwilling to continue down this path, Auckland turned to incremental development, upzoning three-quarters of its residential land area legalizing duplexes, triplexes, and townhomes on single-family lots.
    By Asia Mieleszko
    21-08-2023

  2. B.C.’s Building Code that will require all new homes to have at least one temperature-controlled room

    A forthcoming change to B.C.’s Building Code that will require all new homes to have at least one temperature-controlled room presents an important opportunity to build creatively for the future, says an expert in environmental design and sustainable architecture.

    The government is proposing that all new homes have a minimum of one living space that is designed not to exceed a temperature of 26 C, through either passive cooling measures, such as shading, or a cooling appliance.
    By Andrea Woo
    17-08-2023

  3. McDougall Creek wildfire represents the Okanagan's most significant threat since 2003

    Approximately 4,800 properties in West Kelowna were put on evacuation alert late on Aug. 16. This exapnded to 5,700 properties on Aug. 17, with initial evacuation orders given to 68 properties in the vicinity of Bear Creek Road.

    An active wildfire within 25 kilometres of a property under contract will typically see most insurance companies hold off binding a new policy, typically essential for financing, until after the threat has passed.
    By Peter Mitham
    17-08-2023

  4. Regulatory approval delays linked to lowered housing affordability

    MLA Canada, we’ve looked at the housing affordability crisis in Canada. This goal is complicated by a complex set of land development and use regulations that, despite serving essential socio-economic purposes, may inadvertently limit that necessary housing development. Inefficient implementation of these rules and delays in regulatory approvals can stifle the capabilities of developers, limiting the growth of new homes.
    By MLA Canada
    15-08-2023

  5. Tracking children with "Air Tags" becoming more popular

    Across America, parents are snapping up Apple AirTags, the inexpensive location tracking devices that can help owners find lost luggage, misplaced keys, and—increasingly so—roving toddlers setting out on mini-adventures. 
    By Malwarebytes Labs
    14-08-2023

  6. Vancouver SRO owner rejects rent control, favours more housing supply

    Greg Spafford of Forum Asset Management, which owns the Lotus Hotel at 455 Abbott St., said tying existing rents to units when a tenant moves out or is evicte will not solve Vancouver's housing crisis.

    "What Vancouver needs overall is just more housing - any type, any level, they just need more and more supply to become a balanced market," said Spafford, who in Forum's managing director of real estate management and head of the Toronto firm's real estate income and impact fund.

     
    Source: Western Investor
    11-08-2023

  7. The penalty was handed to The Centre Pacific Project Marketing Corp., in Vancouver’s West End.

    The broker was found to be in non-compliance of a number of regulations connected to money laundering and the Terrorist Financing Act, according to a notice posted to the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC),

    Those included failure to appoint someone to implement a compliance program and failure to develop policies and procedures that would allow it to report suspicious transactions, terrorist property and verify clients’ identities, among other procedures.
    By Stefan Labbé
    10-08-2023

  8. City of Delta to build the mixed-use high-rise development at the Delta Shoppers Mall, located at 8037 to 8087 Scott Road.

    ‘City within a city’ is consistent with the official community plan so a public hearing is not required, but information sessions will be held this month.

    The public will have opportunities to learn more about a proposed large project on a busy Delta corridor that what could be a transformative mixed-use development for the city.

    The proposal includes more than 100,000 square feet of office space, about 70,000 square feet of commercial space and four residential towers of up to 32 storeys with 876 housing units.

     
    By Sandor Gyarmati
    10-08-2023

  9. North Van's Riverside Drive to receive new affordable housing development

    A portion of North Vancouver land has been selected as the site for a new project that will bring affordable housing to families, seniors and those with disabilities on the North Shore.

    The four undeveloped lots, located on Riverside Drive in the Maplewood Village area, have been chosen by Metro Vancouver to be developed as part of its $190 million, 10-Year-Housing plan.
    By Mina Kerr-Lazenby
    09-08-2023

  10. The government says the projects will provide 422 rental homes in Vancouver

    The federal government has announced it will fund the construction of 422 rental homes in three projects/ A 178 units at 3435 West Sawmill from the federal government, nearly $4 million from the City of Vancouver, and just over $15 million in cash and land equity from Wesgroup Properties Ltd. The other two projects include 139 units at 3572 Glen Drive and 104 units at 695 East 19 Avenue, both in Vancouver.
    By Tiffany Crawford
    04-08-2023

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