Rather than decide how much parking residents should have, city hall should let residents decide for themselves.
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Mayor-elect Kennedy Stewart wants to reach 85,000 new housing units over 10 years.
The imbalance between the number of available units and the number of would-be renters drives up rents.
It takes nearly two years, on average, to obtain building permits in Vancouver.
It takes 21 months (on average) for homebuilders to obtain building permits from Vancouver City Hall.
There's plenty of room to grow upwards by adding more homes within the city’s existing urban footprint.
Long and uncertain permit timelines can have led to fewer new housing units being built in Vancouver.
Sharing best practices is an easy first step towards a more housing-friendly and affordable Lower Mainland.
On average, it takes more than 15 months to get a permit to build a new housing unit in Vancouver.
In 2014, Vancouver residents and businesses used about 21 million gigajoules of natural gas-derived energy.