Does anyone feel that the political situation in Vancouver has become a war between those who rent and those who own? In recent elections its been renters that won the vote but I feel this may change as homeowners are being pushed to foot greater tax bills pushing them to turnout.
In 2011 51% of households were rental, which may have risen since then. This still leaves 49% of voters in Vancouver who own housing.
https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/housing-characteristics-fact-sheet.pdf
With only 43.4% of people voting, should the people that own housing get encouraged due to high taxes placed on them they could upset the voting balance.
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news...r-launches-effort-to-boost-voter-turnout
I encourage the city to be focused on improving Vancouver as a whole but it appears that most candidates are targeting the rental vote.
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