Vancouver: Six False Creek affordable housing lots still empty after three decades

Thirty years ago, the city of Vancouver unveiled an innovative plan to transform the former Expo 86 lands along False Creek into an urban village with thousands of new homes — and 20 per cent were to be affordable units for families and seniors.
John Shayler and other housing advocates begged city hall at the time to find money for those low-cost homes before the developer who bought the massive site began constructing market-priced condominiums.
“We may be left with empty promises a