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The Tyee Sep 12, 2025

Patrick Condon: The citywide rezoning strategy’s fatal flaw lies in its blind faith that increasing housing supply through streamlined rezoning will magically lower costs. 🏘️ #vanpoli

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/09/12/Vancouver-Blow-Chance-Transit-Area-Affordability/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

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The citywide rezoning strategy facing council’s vote is fatally flawed. Here’s what to do instead.

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Stephen Elliott~Buckley

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Increasing supply has done nothing to reduce housing costs on some simple supply and demand Economics 101 textbook chart

Especially when #Expo86 and the 2010 Olympics were designed to radically inflate housing equity

This is why real estate is the gold rush

#cdnpoli #canada #mexico #fascism #antifa #elbowsup #bcpoli #vancouver #burnabybc #canlab