I see a lot of people complaining about who is buying property in Vancouver .  The suggestions for solving this problem are so indirect as to be laughable.  What you people in Vancouver want is only certain people to move in and not others .  You also want people living in the city who are not wealthy .   Basically you want the city frozen in time around the 1960s to 1980s.   Why don't you just go all the way and establish a commission to decide who can buy a house and live in  the city and who can't .  Give the board or commission the power to decide on each new resident , either renter or buyer based on standards that are not published but are only known to members of the board with the only guiding principle is to keep Vancouver from getting too wealthy or too improved.  That's what most of you really want isn't it?   Keep working at it guys and I am sure you can send the city back in time or at least keep it stagnant.