David Eby's BC NDP promises to create a Surrey Charter, giving the City of Surrey municipal powers similar to the City of Vancouver's under the Vancouver Charter.

The legislation would give City of Surrey greater autonomy. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre

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BC greens leader Emily Lowan is the only leader on the stage who is a renter.

(30% of BCer are renters.

The other two parties ignore us.

only the bcgreens care about us, vacancy control etc.)

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#bcpoli #bcdebate
#vanre

JUST IN... City of Vancouver's municipal election's advance voting period ends with nearly 104,000 voters after 4 record-breaking days.

This includes the new single-day record of 29,096 today. #vanpoli #vanre

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The upcoming @michaelgeller.bsky.social talk, "Density by Decree: The Future of Vancouver's Neighbourhoods" is well subscribed for Wednesday, Oct 14!

Please come early otherwise you may be seated in spillover room!

www.eventbrite.ca/e/density-by...

#vanpoli #vanre

Brilliant. Sim is for the billionaire & multimillionaire developers, killed renter office in a #RenterMajorityCity, gave corporate welfare to his #VanRE Donor owners

And Pete Fry IS for the little guy

Reinforces the contrast between the two

Lots of good policies here

www.vangreens.ca/platform

In a feat of engineering, crews cut free and lowered the old Pattullo Bridge's iconic steel arch intact during an overnight operation over the Thanksgiving weekend.

The Fraser River skyline changed considerably within the span of hours. #vanpoli #vanre

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City of Vancouver's 2026 civic election advance voting turnout has now topped 2022's entire early total, with one early voting day still left.

74,714 advance voters so far, including a new all-time record of 27,748 yesterday. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre

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Vancouver is a #RenterMajorityCity.

Ken Sim's #DeveloperParty ABC Vancouver killed off the city's Rental Office:(

55% of the city’s households rent, yet these renter households survive on a median income of $63,200, compared to $100,000 for homeowners.

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The fault lines in Vancouver society are particularly pronounced.

9th largest in the country, Vancouver holds the second-highest level of income inequality among major Canadian cities, behind only Toronto.

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#vanpoli #Vanre

With a large % of Millennials buying homes from 2020-22, when interest rates were low, and interest rates much higher now, this was always going to happen.

Fun fact: US and Denmark have mortgages with the rate set permanently, not renewed every X years.

#cdnpoli #vanre
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City of Vancouver sets another single-day advance voting record as turnout reaches over 25,000 on second day.

This year's advance voting turnout has already reached 72% of the record ballots cast over all 5 advance voting days in 2022. #vanpoli #vanre

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You know what would be a good question for a Vancouver plebiscite?

Do you want to drive out domestic #VanRE speculators like Poilievre, #OffshoreGregor, foreign buyers & foreign capital from Vancouver RE market by legislation & only have homes for locals living in them?

#HomesForWhom?

#vanpoli

Far-left party wins Berlin election. Leader promised to proceed with nationalising the housing associations and "drive speculation from Berlin," in accordance with a referendum from 2021 in ​which 58% backed proposals to legislate for nationalisation.

www.reuters.com/world/far-le... #Vanre

Found this curious lawsuit at court.
A former BC Lion is being sued for allegedly stomping so hard on his apartment's floor that it dislodged a glass light shade on the ceiling below, causing it to fall and hit the tenant of that unit in the head.

#lawsuits #BCLions #BCre #Vanre

Housing affordability doesn't happen by accident.

@sfucity.bsky.social Housing Policy Fundamentals (CITY102) breaks down the policy tools shaping housing in BC communities.

#bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre

Starts Wed, Oct 7 | 6pm PST | Online | www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...