Howard Chai
Staff Writer at STOREYS
Taiwanese-Canadian. I cover real estate, housing policy, and the development industry at @storeyspub. I tweet about other things. Email: [email protected]
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1 day ago |
storeys.com | Howard Chai
This morning, the City of Vancouver announced that it is launching public engagement on a series of significant policy changes to increase housing options in the Downtown Eastside, the epicentre of British Columbia's homelessness crisis. "The Downtown Eastside (DTES) is a historic and vibrant community facing an escalating housing crisis, worsened by the deterioration of Single Room Occupancy (SRO) buildings," said the City in information boards.
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1 day ago |
storeys.com | Howard Chai
After nearly two years, Vancouver-based real estate developer Ledingham McAllister, commonly referred to as LedMac, appears to be ready to proceed with the second phase of their sprawling Waterscapes master-planned community in Kelowna, according to a development permit application submitted to the City last week.
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2 days ago |
storeys.com | Howard Chai
The Metro Vancouver Regional District (MVRD) has completed two significant real estate transactions in recent months, including one disposition and one acquisition. The site that was sold is a 10,700-acre property located in Ashcroft, a small village in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. The property has no proper street address, but is located along Highway 1 near Cornwall Road and is comprised of 47 legal parcels that have been consolidated.
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2 days ago |
storeys.com | Howard Chai
We're less than a week away from Election Day on April 28 and one of the biggest issues on the minds of voters is housing affordability. It went from being one of many issues in the 2015 election to one of the issues in the elections since then and it remains so this year, although it has taken a back seat to the economy. The Liberal Party has been in power for 10 years and the housing crisis has gotten worse in that time. Was there anything they could have done to stop it or slow it?
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5 days ago |
storeys.com | Howard Chai
Unfortunately for Canadians, it's now accepted practice for parties to publish their full costed platforms after advance voting has already begun. Mark Carney of the Liberal Party of Canada (LPC), Pierre Poilievre of the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC), Jagmeet Singh of the New Democratic Party (NDP), and Yves-François Blanchet of Bloc Québécois (BQ) participated in leaders' debates on April 16 and April 17, ahead of advance voting on April 18, 19, 20, and 21.
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RT @Howard__24: The City of Vancouver has finally unveiled its new Hotel Development Policy, plus a series of changes to existing policies,…
The City of Vancouver has finally unveiled its new Hotel Development Policy, plus a series of changes to existing policies, to address the hotel shortage. #vanRE #vanpoli Council will be considering on April 15. https://t.co/km9swB78qA
Another big City-owned project. This one is a portion of the Granville Loops redevelopment that was approved several years ago. A 27-storey social housing tower. #vanRE #vanpoli https://t.co/LUfi54ftpT