Opinion: Vancouver's housing strategy needs a rethink

The City of Vancouver has an addiction. Like all addicts, the first step is to admit they have a problem. The city has finally taken that step.
The city’s addiction is to increasing density through rezoning that has been inflating land values. Along with large speculative inflows of capital that treats housing as a commodity rather than a home for people who live and work here, this has created an affordability crisis. It is positive that for the first time, the city has finally made this