affordable housing
A modest proposal for student housing
November 2, 2026As an economist, my primary goal is to make money and absorb surplus value. As a concerned professor who understands students need places indoors to sleep (they are humans after all), I’m all about providing affordable housing. That’s why I’m excited to announce a policy brief on my plan to fix the housing crisis — let students sleep in treehouses! We’ve already got existing treehouses on campus to model. Built in the 1970s, these treehouses were spaces for hippie professors to sleep in the woods because they loved their jobs so much. Times have obviously changed. Today, professors are still…
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Indigenous leader discusses UN reconciliation policies in action
November 16, 2023Khelsilem is an Indigenous political leader, Chairperson of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), former SFU lecturer, and a leading voice for Sen̓áḵw’s affordable housing non-profit. The project is currently building 1,000 units of affordable homes and 6,000 apartments on Sen̓áḵw…
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The Walrus panellists discuss Canada’s housing crisis
November 7, 2023Content warning: brief mention of colonial violence. On October 26, Canadian magazine The Walrus hosted a series of speakers, ranging from experts to activists, to discuss equitable housing. The seven speakers each had seven minutes to present a different angle…
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Fostering local economies event sheds light on initiatives in Vancouver
June 29, 2023On June 15, The Peak attended an online lecture hosted by Community Economic Development with speaker Steve Johnson from Community Impact Real Estate (CIRE) to discuss the steps CIRE is taking to foster and invest in local economies and create…
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Moving Towards a More Equitable Housing System reimagines the rights and lives of renters
February 6, 2021Written by: Emma Jean, Staff Writer A group of statisticians, advocates, urban planners, real estate developers and a journalist walk into a Zoom meeting and ask each other what’s wrong with the housing market. Turns out, a whole lot. Moving…
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The student housing crisis that isn’t going away
September 5, 2016Priced out of options Moving is awful. So is not knowing where you’re going to live for the upcoming semester. Everything about student accommodation in Vancouver nowadays is just terrible. Now, imagine you were being evicted from your affordable housing…
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Support affordable student and family housing at SFU
March 23, 2015[caption id="attachment_1785" align="alignnone" width="940"] Photo Credit: Talha Qadir[/caption] I used to live in SFU’s residence, and it wasn’t incredible. When I moved my bags into McTaggart-Cowan Hall, it was clear that not much had been maintained during the 30-something years…
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