The problem is that housing in Vancouver has become a commodity to be sold to the highest bidder.  Until the city comes up with a long term strategy to address this and takes responsibility for ensuring that all residents have access to affordable housing, absolutely nothing will change. We've been having the same conversation for 5+ years with no improvement. In fact the situation continues to deteriorate. The problem is the lack of leadership at City Hall, and it's inability to implement anything resembling a housing policy.