Good on you Selina for calling a spade a spade!
http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/minister-apology-npa
Files for BC's Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Thu, 2018-04-19 19:56
#52
Thu, 2018-04-19 22:43
#53
Let's hope so, as this is taking way, way too long. Where is the BC NDP promised $400 rent subsidy to tenants?
Renters’ Rights Changes Just First Step, NDP Says
Task force on rentals to deliver recommendations in fall.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2018/04/19/Renters-Rights-Changes-Step-NDP/
Tue, 2018-04-24 17:09
#54
Hopefully this helps.
B.C. government proposes giving cities powers to create rental-only housing zones
https://www.straight.com/news/1063261/bc-government-proposes-giving-citi...
Thu, 2018-04-26 12:00
#55
Thu, 2018-04-26 16:19
#56
Hopefully this helps.
B.C. government proposes giving cities powers to create rental-only housing zones
https://www.straight.com/news/1063261/bc-government-proposes-giving-citi...
I think this is a great policy.
Tue, 2018-05-01 17:39
#57
The deplorable condo shell game that needs to end
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-deplorable-condo-she...
Wed, 2018-05-02 17:39
#58
Vancouver single-family home sales see weakest April in decades
Just over 170 detached homes were sold in the city last month
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-real-estate-sin...
Fri, 2018-05-04 02:22
#59
Vancouver school tax protesters turn their anger on UBC housing prof, who’s teaching ‘hate’
https://globalnews.ca/news/4186361/thomas-davidoff-ubc-protesters-shaugh...
Wed, 2018-05-09 11:07
#60
The BC NDP’s housing moves are so popular, even BC Liberal supporters like them: poll
https://globalnews.ca/news/4196524/bc-ndp-housing-bc-liberals-poll/
Tue, 2018-06-05 00:58
#61
My heart just grieves for these greedy folks who own multi-million dollar homes, who the NDP are askin’ to chip in a few bucks to help the less fortunate in society
http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/homeowners-rally-against-ndp-school-tax-surcharge
Tue, 2018-06-05 16:41
#62
That tax would be fair enough, if it were deferred until sale of the home.
But just because your house suddenly appreciated in value, doesn't mean you also get a new ready supply of cash. You only get the cash when you sell your home. And lots of people still want to actually just live in theirs.
Tue, 2018-06-05 17:37
#63
Overwhelmingly BCers agree with the rich people's tax!
Tue, 2018-06-05 17:39
#64
76% of British Columbians say it was a “very good” or “good” idea to expand the foreign buyers tax to areas located outside of Metro Vancouver.
https://twitter.com/mario_canseco/status/1004071977609392128
Tue, 2018-06-05 17:40
#65
69% of British Columbians think increasing the property transfer tax from 3% to 5% for homes valued at more than $3 million is a “very good” or “good” idea
https://twitter.com/mario_canseco/status/1004061890417287168
Tue, 2018-06-05 17:41
#66
Suck it up 1 percenters!
67% of British Columbians believe introducing a tax of 0.2% on the value of homes worth between $3 million and $4 million, and a tax rate of 0.4% on the portion of a home’s value that exceeds $4 million is a “very good” or “good” idea
https://twitter.com/mario_canseco/status/1004049017699880960
Tue, 2018-06-05 17:57
#67
69% of British Columbians think increasing the property transfer tax from 3% to 5% for homes valued at more than $3 million is a “very good” or “good” idea
By its name, I assume that this tax kicks in when someone sells their home? That's fair. They're getting lots of liquid money from that sale and can pay it.
But a tax on that same home before it's sold (if ever)? Where's that liquid money supposed to come from?
We would never levy income tax on a citizen based on what we "think they could earn" So why a tax on a home, based on what we "think it could sell for"?
Will the government of BC (or anywhere else) guarantee home owners that if they've been paying (let's say) property taxes on the assessed value of $3M on their home, that if they sell it, they'll get $3M for their home? If the best they can do is $2M, will the government cover that difference? Or else on what grounds can the government just cheerfully assume a $2M house was actually worth one and a half times that, and tax based on that?
Tue, 2018-06-05 18:07
#68
The rich voted for the wrong party!
Sat, 2018-06-09 12:15
#69
I agree but it is the Greens that are blocking it.
NDP government hasn’t helped renters
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/letters/ndp-government-hasn-t-helpe...
Mon, 2018-07-09 21:42
#70
Tue, 2018-07-10 00:25
#71
Where is BC’s focus on town houses rather than strata councils which are often nothing more than an opportunity for property management companies to rip consumers off. What a scam these stratacouncils are!
Wed, 2018-07-11 22:20
#72
Let’s put an end to Strata Council Management ripoffs and build town and row houses instead
I wonder how much strata fees as a percentage over the years have been added to the cost of a home!
https://globalnews.ca/news/4325538/bc-neighbourhood-ban-children-play-street/
Mon, 2018-07-16 16:57
#73
Mon, 2018-07-16 17:02
#74
Mon, 2018-07-16 19:07
#75
We were promised a renter’s rebate of $400. Where is it? It’s time working people were looked after in BC, eh!
Mon, 2018-07-16 21:11
#76
We were promised a renter’s rebate of $400. Where is it? It’s time working people were looked after in BC, eh!
A $400 renters rebate works out to $34 per month while the allowable yearly rent increase for most people protected by BC government rent controls is now higher than $34 a month. So a $400 renters rebate would do very little to improve housing affordability in BC. To increase housing affordability the BC government would be better off building social housing than spending money on a rebate. Also, some of the rebate would go to higher income renters.
Thu, 2018-07-19 20:20
#77
Very few if any renters would turn down the $400 a year rebate and it was an election promise which needs to be kept Of course other aspects of rent control need to be addressed as well but politicians need to live up to their actual promises!
Thu, 2018-07-19 20:23
#78
Selina I hope you are getting involved in this and run the speculators out of town. Another reason why David Eby needs to announce a Public Inquiry into Money Lundering and BC’s Real Estate Industry
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2018/07/19/Hard-Questions-Vancouver-Affordability-Approach/
Thu, 2018-07-26 00:08
#79
How much is conveniently left out of the article!
Thu, 2018-07-26 02:05
#80
Thu, 2018-07-26 02:06
#81
Fri, 2018-07-27 20:29
#82
Thu, 2018-08-02 17:30
#83
Looking good NDP. It is just a matter of time, when sellers realize the party is over, before we will see some serious drop in prices but definitely moving in the correct direction which is D-O-W-N
Sat, 2018-08-04 15:14
#84
Forget Canada’s Oil King and the useless Libwrals but Selina has potential to make major changes but she needs to pick up the pace Lokk what Dave Barrett achieved in 2 short years for the people BC has never been the same since
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2018/08/02/Reconciliation-Right-Roam/
Mon, 2018-08-06 13:29
#85
Go figure! As if anything that smacks of the rich staying rich, and the poor being kept poor is some kind of surprise. A surprise would be support for the poor! Selina, it’s time to get the developers out of municipal politics
Fri, 2018-08-10 20:15
#86
What are you elected mayor for? Do something about it!
Better yet step down and let other people who might have a clue do something about it
https://globalnews.ca/news/4382113/kelowna-mayor-short-term-rentals-affecting-housing-market/
Wed, 2018-08-15 19:57
#87
Come on Selina step in here, as this is nuts! We need a rental cap, and an end to condos that suck families dry with their management fees.
Monthly rents up to $4,700 per unit at new Vancouver development
https://www.straight.com/news/1115721/costly-social-housing-monthly-rent...
Thu, 2018-08-16 16:21
#88
Finally and about time Now let’s drop them again the same amount next year Good work Selina and the BC NDP
Thu, 2018-08-16 16:21
#89
Finally and about time Now let’s drop them again the same amount next year Good work Selina and the BC NDP
Mon, 2018-08-20 10:12
#90
Brilliant. Great job Selina.
Now just get that $400 annual renter’s rebate out to renters since you were elected ie $800 now promised in your election campaign and it’s all good!
Sun, 2018-08-26 15:08
#91
Humm......seems sorta racist to me.
Weaver argues it's time to ban foreign real-estate buyers
https://theprovince.com/news/bc-politics/mike-smyth-weaver-argues-its-ti...
Sun, 2018-08-26 16:38
#92
Humm......seems sorta racist to me.
Non-citizens aren't a "race".
Does he have strong feelings about those same people becoming citizens and then buying those homes to live in them?
Wed, 2018-08-29 13:41
#93
How Vancouver Can Pay for the Housing We Need
Cutting other spending to match Surrey’s budget would free $576 million a year for non-market housing.
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2018/08/29/We-Need-Vancouver-Housing/
Thu, 2018-08-30 21:32
#94
Good news for some renters.
Thu, 2018-09-06 17:53
#95
Fri, 2018-09-07 19:12
#96
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2018/09/06/A-New-Land-Tax/
Separating tax on land from tax on a dwelling is an interesting idea. But I think it would kind of fall apart in the case of row houses (such as I live in). You cannot just purchase the middle house in a row of row houses and demolish it to build your dream home, so I expect that the market value of my "land" would be minimal, if indeed the land itself could even be said to have a value, independent of the house on it. Would I pay no "land" tax if my land has no market value on its own?
Also, at least here in Toronto, the idea of just building a coach house or a "laneway" house or a "mother-in-law" house on an existing property has plenty of appeal -- no need to sweeten the deal with a "land tax" cut -- but getting a permit to actually do so is another story. I don't think a municipality could reasonably say "You could cut your land tax by increasing the housing density on your property, except we don't actually allow that." Would BC incentivize the building of more dwellings on an existing residential property by also making that reasonably possible?
Fri, 2018-09-07 19:24
#97
Wealthy land owners in BC have become wealthy by sitting in their living rooms and they don’t want to pay their fair share of taxes. Tax the shit out of them and the sooner the better. And of course you tax the land as that is where the value is you don’t want to pay your fair share of taxes sell your home
Fri, 2018-09-07 20:03
#98
OK, now that that's off your chest, any thoughts on my questions?
You started the thread. I assumed you wanted a discussion? Say, if not.
Sun, 2018-09-09 00:01
#99
Tue, 2018-09-11 22:13
#100
Wed, 2018-09-12 10:00
#101