September 13, 2022
RESPONSE from Councillor Colleen Hardwick, TEAM's Mayoral candidate, to Mayor Kennedy Stewart’s Forward Together housing plan
Councillor Colleen Hardwick: “Kennedy Stewart’s entire housing plan is simply unbelievable - and it is a dream come true for major corporate developers.” “The vast majority of housing would be market condos and rentals - at already sky-high prices - and 22,000 a year is both unachievable and unneeded with 100,000 units in the pipeline already. Vancouver needs more affordable housing, not high-rise concrete towers bought by outside investors that will only increase the affordability crisis.” “And the so-called ‘Renters Protection plan’ will not work – moving people for years in a 1% vacancy market, then returning them to new apartments at the same or lower rent is just not going to happen – developers won’t do it.”