Municipal governments receive 8 cents out of every tax dollar that Canadians pay. Being at the bottom of the funding pile severely limits cities’ ability to solve problems unilaterally without the support and cooperation of other levels of government, NGOs, business and residents. This is not to say that cities should not being doing more, and simply not address what other levels of Government download. On the issue of affordable housing, cities need to do more and Vancouver is not an exception. Mayor Gregor Robertson’s Task Force on Housing Affordability final report entitled Bold Ideas Towards an Affordable City, is an example of the complex combinations of policy tools that the city is forced to work with in an attempt to develop more affordable housing. CoV report Continue reading Mayor’s task force on housing affordability →
