The Vancouver City Council on Monday passed a construction sales tax deferral to make it cheaper for developers to build affordable housing in parking lots.…
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Vancouver looks at tax break for affordable housing projects built in parking lots
By The Citizen on January 8, 2025
Vancouver could lose one parking lot a year but gain affordable housing under a proposed tax break. Read more… Source: The Columbian
Vancouver officials say Save Our Streets initiative could cause delays in street repairs
By The Citizen on January 2, 2025
The city of Vancouver says a citizen initiative that would require voter approval to remove traffic lanes on streets in Vancouver could have costly effects,…
Vancouver to pay more than $6M for former Naydenov building that will house 150-bed homeless shelter
By The Citizen on December 17, 2024
The Vancouver City Council on Monday agreed to pay philanthropist Michael Lynch more than $6.29 million for 3 acres in the Van Mall neighborhood where…
Vancouver issues emergency order to keep two Safe Stays open
By The Citizen on December 17, 2024
The city of Vancouver issued an emergency order to keep the city’s first two Safe Stays, shelter communities made up of 20 hutlike structures for…
Vancouver City Council’s $2.1B budget includes new taxes, cuts to nearly every department
By The Citizen on December 5, 2024
After six months of tense discussion over how to fill a $43 million deficit, the Vancouver City Council this week passed a $2.1 billion budget…
West Vancouver residents plead with city to clear homeless camp along West Mill Plain Boulevard
By The Citizen on November 19, 2024
A dozen west Vancouver residents pleaded with the city council on Monday to clear a homeless encampment along West Mill Plain Boulevard. Read more… Source:…
HP master plan includes six new buildings at east Vancouver site; city will review application next year
By The Citizen on November 6, 2024
Technology hardware company HP Inc. submitted a new master plan application for its property in east Vancouver’s Section 30, according to a city of Vancouver…
Save Vancouver Streets gathers 6,517 signatures, delivers petition for 2025 ballot initiative
By The Citizen on November 5, 2024
Members of the grassroots group Save Vancouver Streets said they delivered a petition with 6,517 signatures to Vancouver City Hall on Monday seeking a ballot…
A zoning change in Vancouver could prevent mobile home parks from being leveled for development
By The Citizen on October 30, 2024
Amid fears that their mobile-home park could be sold to developers, residents of Vista Del Rio are urging the Vancouver City Council to pass regulations…