The landscape and municipal approaches to social housing in metro Vancouver

Yushu ZHU (Simon Fraser University)

Growing housing unaffordability and a growing housing divide among different socio-economic groups have led to increasing demand for affordable social housing in Metro Vancouver, especially for seniors and families. This seminar will review the social housing policy in B.C., typology and demographic coverage of social housing in Metro Vancouver, and the municipal measures to support housing affordability. It will also discuss the challenges facing the social housing sector.

RSVP: urban@sfu.ca