Affordable Housing and Support for Renters

Twenty new rental buildings proposed for moderate income households

April 9, 2018 | Affordable Housing and Support for Renters

April 9, 2018 (Vancouver, BC) A new City-run pilot program is supporting the development of rental units for individuals and families earning between $30,000 and $80,000 annually.

The Moderate Income Rental Housing Pilot Program is incentivizing the construction of rental apartment buildings where at least 20 per cent of the residential floor space is permanently affordable and targeted to households with moderate incomes.

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More than 98 per cent of homeowners declared by Empty Homes Tax deadline

March 7, 2018 | Affordable Housing and Support for Renters

The Empty Homes Tax declaration period for 2017 closed on March 5, 2018 with a total of 183,911 declarations submitted, accounting for 98.85 per cent of all residential property owners in Vancouver.

As this was the first year of implementation of the tax, the findings from the 2017 declarations provide an important baseline for the City to compare all future results and better understand how the tax is influencing the behaviours of property owners.

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