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Alex Hemingway ( Senior Economist, BC Policy Solutions) and Sarah Ellis (Executive Director, Squamish Community Housing Society and former city planner) discuss BC’s housing crisis and what is needed to make real progress to tackle this critical issue that has been overwhelming BC for far too long.
This webinar:
✔️ Lays out three key policy areas crucial to bringing the housing crisis under control.
✔️ Explains why recent policy announcements have fallen short of meeting the challenge.
✔️ Makes the case for scaling up public investment in social, non-profit and co-op housing.
✔️ Shows how exclusionary zoning rules and other municipal barriers contribute to high rents, displacement and inequality.
✔️ Highlights lessons from on-the-ground efforts to create new non-profit housing.
Who is this webinar for?
➡️ Residents concerned about BC’s housing crisis and looking for progressive solutions.
➡️ Advocacy groups and community organizations engaged in housing and affordability.
➡️ Academics, students and researchers studying housing policy, planning, or inequality.
➡️ Advisors, policymakers and practitioners seeking actionable approaches to address the housing shortage.
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