City of Vancouver audits empty homes declarations as privacy commissioner reviews process

The City of Vancouver is auditing some of the declarations it has received from homeowners ahead of the deadline next week for payment of its new empty homes tax.
It has been asking some owners for documents to support claims that their homes or condos are not being left unoccupied or under-utilized, even though the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for B.C. says it is still reviewing the audit portion of the city’s empty homes tax program.
The office says it has no commen