Avenue — but is surprisingly quiet, an oasis of tranquillity in the hubbub of the city.
Sean Nardi is a member of the Fairview/ South Granville Action Committee, and is worried that if the city rezones his neighbourhood affordable housing will be eliminated. Nardi is standing in front of The Pasadena, three-story walk-up at 1385 W. 11th Saturday, April 2, 2022.
“The preference seems to be for wholesale redevelopment, as opposed to incremental redevelopment. It seems to me that some pacing needs to be put in place, or we will have a real loss of affordable housing. The plan covers an area from Clark Drive in east Vancouver to Vine Street on the west side, and runs north up to 1The highest densities will be around the five new subway stations along Broadway — Main, Cambie, Oak, Granville and Arbutus.
There is no part of the neighbourhood designated for low-rise, but in an email a city representative said “property owners would need to apply to the City for a rezoning on a lot-by-lot basis. Otherwise, the zoning would remain the same as it is today.”on the wealthy west side of Vancouver. But Gharibnavaz points out the area around VGH is not a neighbourhood of single-family homes — it’s already multi-unit buildings.
They’re cheaper, the apartments are bigger than the units that replace them, and many renters now living in small apartment buildings would be priced out of the city. “It’s market rental that’s well-sized, and fills the local labour pool for the area,” said Yan, the director of the city program at Simon Fraser University.
“That significantly differs depending on size. When it comes to studios and one-bedrooms it’s about 15 per cent. But for two- and three-bedrooms, you’re talking about 40 per cent.” Esthetically there’s all manner of interesting features, from a turret on a 1912 house at 1004 West 10.
Situation may be worse for renters 'cause BC gov't will pass a new law permitting prov. to expropriate property w/in 800M of transit hubs for high rises. Many 1,000s live in low rises there now. To evict us fast, en masse, will create a huge housing crisis for those 1,000s.
Oh, oh. My low rise apartment building in the 'Plan' area I've lived in many years, paying rent-controlled lower rent, I fear is sure to get demolished and replaced by a high rise and much higher rent. My question now is: how soon will I have to move?
How many additional rental units did CoV add between 1990-2010?
Yeah that’s the problem for sure
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