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City sings two tunes on CACs and housing affordability

By Peter Mitham, Business In Vancouver Improvement without impact One of the hazards of being a writer is a tendency to parse other people’s communications too closely; for instance, the latest reports from Vancouver regarding community amenity contributions (CA...
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Tower planned for Victoria motel site near legislature

A prominent Victoria site where rot has set in at a long-vacant motel is on the cusp of getting new life as a seniors’ housing centre with shops on the ground floor. The 15-storey seniors’ housing project is proposed for a site occupied by the boarded-up Crystal Cou...
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Capital Regional District rejects affordable-housing proposal

By Bill Cleverley / Times Colonist Subsidizing rents in a converted motel on Douglas Street does not translate into new affordable housing, Capital Regional District directors have decided. Despite being recommended for approval by CRD staff and the Regional Hou...