One in three Vancouverites can't afford what they pay for housing, if you believe the latest National Housing Survey. Throughout the greater Vancouver metro region, citizens call unaffordable housing a crisis in their communities. Yet housing remains low on both federal and provincial priority lists, and municipalities can only do so much.
In This Series
The Silver Lining to Vancouver's Homeownership Crisis
Priced out, working families and nonprofits take matters into their own hands. Start of a new solutions series.
Novel Map Targets Hidden Opportunities for Affordable Housing
Launched today, new Rental Housing Index hopes to transform knowledge into power.
If You Can Afford to Rent, You Could Be a Homeowner
Architect Avi Friedman scoured the globe for new housing forms we could apply in Canada.
Slideshow: Global Experiments in Affordable Homeownership
An architect's trek around the world serves as a brainstorm for Vancouver solutions.
With Friends Fleeing Unaffordability, Vancouver Architect Looks East for Solutions
'Options from Homes' made homeownership possible for thousands in Ontario. Why hasn't it caught on here?
Calgary's $2,000 Homeownership Hack
Free-market paradise over the Rockies is tackling housing crisis with a bold city-owned experiment.
When God Is Your Developer
Religious communities are putting their faith, and their property, behind affordable housing.
Retirement Saving Could Help Build a Better Community
A canny Nova Scotian idea aims to pump millions into affordable rentals in Victoria.
Low-Rent Mansion Living? In Vancouver? Really?
Yes, really. Groups of frustrated renters are snapping up urban acreages, and spend less on housing than the rest of us.