

ANOTHER MISNOMER
Previously, I’ve tried to understand the circumstances surrounding our local homeless and overdose catastrophes. And I’ve relayed my...
Jan 247 min read


MISNOMER
I don’t know how I got here. Somehow I developed this crazy belief that firefighters fought fires. Crazy, right? My bad. Per capita,...
Jun 1, 20243 min read


SOLVED
Last September the CMHC came out with a study suggesting that for Canada to reach housing affordability last seen 20 years ago “an...
Apr 18, 20249 min read


CREDIT SCORE?
CBC - Federal plan would count rent toward a credit score. Wow. It's almost impossible for me to make sense of the level of detachment...
Apr 2, 20246 min read


WHY DOUBLE?
An article about housing affordability popped up in my news feed. From Business in Vancouver, it was titled British Columbians need to...
Mar 1, 20233 min read


VANCOUVER HOMELESSNESS COUNT
Total: 2005: 1,364 (Sheltered 773, Unsheltered 59) 2010: 1,715 (Sheltered 1,294, Unsheltered 421) 2015: 1,746 (Sheltered 1,258,...
Nov 19, 20202 min read


MOVING
Before we could get keys and move in, our new landlord said he needed to have a plumber come. But he said he'd contact us shortly, as...
Apr 9, 20196 min read