Renter density map
Vancouver should be allowing more housing where there's fewer renters
Planned displacement. “How can we ensure that densifying Vancouver won’t be taken out on the backs of the most vulnerable?” Jens von Bergmann and Denis Agar, February 2019.
We can now use this map to examine the parts of Metrotown affected by demoviction, for example. With 20 to 40 renters per acre, it’s one of the most renter-dense neighbourhoods in the region. Meanwhile, lots across the street hold 1 or 2 renters per acre, and they are not subject to redevelopment plans.
The map shows many other examples of great locations for “development without displacement.” There should no longer be any doubt that we can protect renters and increase housing supply at the same time.
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The renters per acre data does look somewhat inaccurate to me. I know multiple houses in the Dunbar / Kerrisdale / Shaughnessy (ect) neighborhoods that hold 5+ renters per household. It seems like an invisible group of renters if you take this map at face value.