Seeking Office Episode June 28, 2019

A Mansion Vs. Expensive Rental

5:30pm - 6:30pm

From CiTR's News Collective, this is season two of Seeking Office—At-Large. Bringing you innovative storytelling from Metro Vancouver.

On June 25th, council voted down a townhouse re-development application at 4575 Granville Street. In the wake of council's decision, the applicant has indicated that they plan to build a large house on the lot instead of the 21 units of rent housing they had initially applied to build. In this episode, Councillor Jean Swanson discusses why she voted against the application and whether she would do it again.