Vancouver’s mayor has come out firing in the debate over housing affordability, calling for a provincial “luxury housing” tax, a levy on property flippers, and the power to reduce the number of unoccupied homes. Mayor Gregor Robertson made the requests to Premier Christy Clark in a letter released Wednesday, saying it is the province’s responsibility to curb “unwarranted speculation” by “the world’s wealthiest citizens” who are behind Vancouver’s worst-ever housing affordability crisis.
from http://www.vancouversun.com/news/metro/Vancouver+mayor+seeks+curb+housing+speculation/11106615/story.html
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Vancouver mayor seeks to curb housing speculation
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