https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Lost-Leaders-01-Extra-Ordinary-200013687.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsFrankfurt New West, a low-and-moderate income family suburb abutting Vancouver, British Columbia, is becoming ground zero for new policies to prevent gentrification and displacement in Canada, and perhaps globally with the passage of its latest city bylaw. With housing prices averaging over $1 million in Vancouver every …
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Getting an Education on Habitat for Humanity Houses
New Orleans In Vancouver recently I made a point about the overheated housing market there by noting that I had read that a Habitat for Humanity house had sold for $330,000, which to me seemed absurdly high from what I thought I understood about the sweat equity and low-cost building model for Habitat houses. Turned …
The Ironies of Vancouver: The Post-Gentrified City
Vancouver Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada may be a case study of the post-gentrified city. Average housing prices have dropped all the way down to $1.4 million per house. The Vancouver Sun reported that a Habitat for Humanity house had sold for $330,000. ACORN Canada’s office and all of our groups are in the working-class …