Affordable Housing

A new study of Vancouver, Kelowna and Saanich confirm government costs consume as much as 29 per cent of an apartment purchase price and 33 per cent of average rent. A similar Ontario-based study finds government costs as high as 31 per…

The federal government isn’t doing enough to protect tenants or preserve existing affordable housing. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)Amid all the discussions about constructing new housing, existing affordable housing is being overlooked. A…

Renters and property managers both have mutual responsibilities in times of financial crisis. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward Grant Alexander Wilson, University of ReginaThree years ago, at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, I…