People gather outside the building of affordable housing for artists in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on June 2, 2022. The affordable housing project focuses on supporting local artists and their families living and working in Vancouver. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua) People gather at the ...
Energy benchmarking social housing has environmental, social, and economic benefits. Abstract This research assesses the energy performance of social and affordable housing by conducting quantitative analysis of 23 community housing buildings in British Columbia (BC) using ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager. The...
“All units in the building will be rented at below-market rates,” stated the government in a release. The project is being funded through the government’s Investment in Housing Innovation Fund and the Deepening Affordability Fund. The federal government is also contributing $2.45 million. It ...
The chapter focuses on the financial and institutional mechanisms and types of retrofits in the provincial, non-profit and cooperative housing portfolio achieved through Canada Economic Action Plan and other provincial programs in British Columbia. The research is exploratory and is the first overview ...
"Quebec started the year with a hit to affordability, showing deterioration that ranked second only to British Columbia for certain housing types," said Robert Hogue, senior economist, RBC. "The province's housing market has seen consistent price increases over the past year, which has raised ...
Using a metric in the housing sector known as the price-to-income ratio, researchers divided the median home price of a community by the median household income of its residents to determine an affordability score for each city in the study. Cities with scores above 9 are considered "impossibl...
British Columbia by 41%, and Alberta by 54% Ontario, Quebec & BC need to double their best-case labour capacity in order to adequately reach housing affordability supply targets by 2030. Labour capacity issues are most critical in Ontario, which has the largest population and the highest pric...
and Urbanism in New York, USA, SANAA in Tokyo, Japan, and Bing Thom Architects (now Revery Architects)in Vancouver, Canada. He has received a Master of Architecture degree from theUniversity of Pennsylvania(2016), and a Bachelor of Environmental Design from theUniversity of British Columbia(...
IHDA and LISC launch the Next Gen Capacity Building Initiative to meet the rising need for affordable housing. Governor Pritzker champions tax relief and housing quality, empowering BIPOC developers to enhance inclusivity in the industry and address dive
University of British Columbia; Nader Elhajj, director for the Middle East, Africa, and Europe, FRAMECAD; Liu Thai-Ker, senior director, RSP Architects Planners and Engineers, chairman of the Centre for Liveable Cities advisory boar...