What we need is rent control, and legislation that does more to enforce construction of affordable rental units. We also need to get over our version of how single family housing should work going forward. Two cars per family and detached homes are not realistic in a city where some kind of concerted push will probably take ten years just to normalize the rental market for people who only need one bedroom.

It's going to take the implementation of some very unpopular regulations to force landlords and investment construction firms to create affordable housing out of cheaply made, badly laid out high rise condos they can expect to sell for far in excess of their value. They'll argue any regulatory obligations anathema to business interests, and Vancouver will fall into the sea if we cross them. That's a big enough problem for this decade. But If people expect to have the whole ten yards- the garage, the big yard, they need to go to places like Surrey or Coquitlam where the land is.