"A trickier issue facing the city is defining what constitutes an empty house. A city-sponsored study in 2014 used electricity-usage data to determine that abo

"A trickier issue facing the city is defining what constitutes an empty house. A city-sponsored study in 2014 used electricity-usage data to determine that about 5 percent of homes in Vancouver were uninhabited over 12-month periods." If that becomes the criterion, we will have empty homes running power for no reason! Worst of both worlds.