Westside Backyard

just a millennial, standing in front of a city, asking for an affordable home

[Westside Backyard @westsidebackyd]

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[Westside Backyard @westsidebackyd]

@CityHallWchVAN Can you walk me through why this message from an opposition MLA is important for a city that voted by a majority to be represented by the NDP?
The NDP passed their housing policy before the election. Brodie's riding is least affected by the ODP.

[Westside Backyard @westsidebackyd]

And it turns out that it is a lot easier to afford my apartment when I'm not also paying for their car

[Westside Backyard @westsidebackyd]

After a relationship ended, I had literal nightmares about waking up back in my parents' house because I couldn't afford to stay in my apartment by myself

[eva @_glorianas]

the idea that there’s a surplus of people desperate to move back to their home towns and forced to live in a major city not the other way around is so funny and deluded

[Westside Backyard @westsidebackyd]

I rarely dream and don't remember having any other nightmares before, so it was really something

My hometown is fine, and my parents (and their house) are nice. I still visit regularly, but there's just nothing else there for me anymore

[Reductress @Reductress]

‘All Are Welcome Here,’ Says Sign in Neighborhood Where Average Home Costs $2 Million: https://t.co/Rf85gHY9c8

[Westside Backyard @westsidebackyd]

@fabulavancouver The location and nearby amenities of living in a tower can give you access to more opportunities for connection outside of the building. Knowing your immediate neighbours is great, but only a portion of the influence on any individual's loneliness

[Westside Backyard @westsidebackyd]

@TatarynMary The whole city doesn't live in the undeveloped area

[Westside Backyard @westsidebackyd]

@TatarynMary Doesn't look like there's too many people they should need to consult

[Westside Backyard @westsidebackyd]

When new housing gets opposed because not enough of it is below market

[Westside Backyard @westsidebackyd]

@ButYouAreVast @OwenInVan And 3600 is over the whole metro region, not just the city.

🤔 How does 3600 empty condos compare to how many empty rentals are needed for a healthy vacancy rate?

[Westside Backyard @westsidebackyd]

@RazzberryYams They're making false implications that no YIMBYs are older and/or own their home, and probably also that urban housing are not homes.

[OneCity Vancouver @OneCityVan]

The City of Vancouver did not just surrender in its legal defense of its own housing approval processes.

It volunteered to pay the Kits Coalition's costs.

[Westside Backyard @westsidebackyd]

@CanadaNetwork No luck finding them vacancies then?

[Kenneth Chan @iamkennethchan]

City of Vancouver has approved the mixed-use redevelopment of West 4th Avenue Safeway in Kitsilano.

385 rental homes, a new 42,000 sf replacement grocery store, and 18,000 sf of retail/restaurants activating the retail strip. #vancre #vanre #vanpoli

https://t.co/tv8t1QP8rz

[Westside Backyard @westsidebackyd]

@CanadaNetwork Do you think they're purposefully not renting out some units, or are unable to find renters for them?

[Westside Backyard @westsidebackyd]

@CanadaNetwork It must be very easy to find a glut of available rental listings if so many are empty?

[Westside Backyard @westsidebackyd]

@CanadaNetwork That's a very speculative criteria. Some people just aren't going to keep anything on their patio. Moreso if it's small, on a busy street, etc.
Older buildings in Kits have empty patios but are clearly lived in. Larch & 2nd's patios are probably half empty, but the homes aren't.

[Westside Backyard @westsidebackyd]

@CanadaNetwork As I said, Larch & 2nd looks full and the few for rent signs in the neighbourhhod don't stay up long. I don't think the east and west sides of Vancouver are so different that one wouldn't or couldn't rent out 99% while the other does.

[Westside Backyard @westsidebackyd]

@CanadaNetwork Got something more reliable than "trust me"?
How do you think the CMHC is just missing 95+% of vacant rental properties? Or the city and province are just not collecting the vacancy taxes they could?
Developers are spending millions extra to build more than people will rent?

[Westside Backyard @westsidebackyd]

@CanadaNetwork @LcpVan You mean like, through laws and policy that define unit types, maximum rents, and vacancy control required for below market homes?

https://t.co/x3uxlY475V

[Westside Backyard @westsidebackyd]

@CanadaNetwork 4th & Vine is somewhere that allowing extra height for new below market homes should have been easy. Point Grey Village is getting 114 new below market homes and 4th & Vine will have none.
Its height on 3rd Ave will still be shorter than existing neighbouring buildings.

[Westside Backyard @westsidebackyd]

@CanadaNetwork Not many For Rent signs at all on my morning walk, and Larch & 2nd is looking pretty full after they dropped their asking rents for the remaining homes.