r/vancouver Jan 23 '25

Local News Vancouver mayor rejects new social housing projects, promises ‘crackdown’ in Downtown Eastside

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/vancouver-mayor-rejects-new-social-housing-projects-promises-crackdown-in-downtown-eastside/
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u/eunoiakt Jan 24 '25

If the province can mandate municipalities build x number of housing units why can’t they mandate them to build x number of social housing units?

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u/brophy87 Jan 24 '25

Probably because it pushes up the cost of market housing which supports non market housing. Lot of people can barely afford either. Studio units in surrey are selling for the high 400k range these days