Yeah but it gets housing built - which is the only thing that ultimately help affordability in the long run. Vancouver is building rapidly and developing rough

Yeah but it gets housing built - which is the only thing that ultimately help affordability in the long run. Vancouver is building rapidly and developing rough neighbourhoods into pleasant ones. Sure, that is difficult on those who have had cheap rent in slum areas but that is the cost of improvement. I'm a long time Vancouver downtown resident who got "priced out" of the market. As far as I can tell policies that encourages construction at all prices of the market improve a city the most.