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Reason to Love Vancouver #20: We Always Have a Creative Solution for the Housing Crisis

By Jennifer Elliott / December 15, 2017

Is there anything we haven’t tried?

Whether it’s making mixed-income communities out of shipping containers on Alexander Street or putting modular homes at Main and Terminal, we’re squeezing in extra housing anywhere we can. CityHive Vancouver’s “Empty Nests” program, for one, is trying to fill 800,000 empty bedrooms in the city, pairing young folks with older ones to exchange cheap rent for in-home care.