• BCsven@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Not really news. This has been going on for a long time. It doesn’t help that we have foreign buyers holding empty, or mostly empty properties. It is a unit of housing that should be in the buying/rent pool. I personally know 2 people (and I know very few people in BC because I’m from another province) that rent a basement suite and 3000+sq ft main house is vacant because owners moved back overseas once suite was filled. Been over 2 years empty. Vacancy tax does nothing, especially when a family friend retrieves mail and fakes the vacancy report.

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      1 year ago

      It never was, but now “poor” is pushing into new frontiers in terms of income needed for base necessities

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    Oh man, this sounds bad. How much of a fighting chance would 2 immigrants have in Vancouver working entry level jobs? Asking for myself.

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      I’d honestly recommend moving further out if the said entry level jobs are available outside of Vancouver proper. Even Surrey makes a huge difference to quality of life if you’re not required to head downtown to work every day.