Without affordable housing, Vancouver risks becoming an economic ghost town
It seems like many major cities of the world are experiencing this problem, and no city has been able to come up with a good solution. It always leads to displacement and newspaper articles about displacement, but no real solutions.<p>Here are a couple of solutions:<p>1. Build really tall. Hasn&#x27;t worked out all that great in Hong Kong, though.<p>2. Rent control. This is often unfair and inflates price of non-rent controlled apartments.<p>3. Tax the living crap out of property speculation. Not sure if this has been tried anywhere, and I&#x27;m sure it would be unpopular among many middle class home owners as well. I&#x27;m still rooting for Georgism.<p>4. Accept that it&#x27;s a lost cause and move on to the next underdog city that will stay un-gentrified for the next 10 years.