Residents of Cortes Island brace for 3-week pause on ferry service
Starting Monday, the roughly 1,100 residents of Cortes Island, off the eastern coast of north Vancouver Island, will be without a ferry until March 1.
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Bigorre.orgOh, look! Cortes Island is going to tax vacation rental properties and use that money to support affordable housing.
This seems like a good idea. If we must have short term vacation rentals, can we do a tax thing like this everywhere?
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/08/23/news/remote-canadian-island-makes-history-fight-affordable-housing
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A remote Canadian island makes history in fight for affordable housing
B.C.’s Cortes Island is making housing history as the first community in the province to tax short-term holiday rentals and have the funds directed to affordable housing projects, said Mark Vonesch, the area’s Strathcona Regional District director.
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