Urbanarium deabte #7: The Vacancy Tax will work
Via the Urbanarium Society:
“Teams of experts argue competing visions for solving Metro Vancouver’s biggest challenges. Audience members vote before and after each debate, a prize awarded to the team who changes the most minds. A monthly series moderated by David Beers, founding editor of The Tyee. Sponsored by Urbanarium and UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.”
Vancouver just enacted a 1 per cent tax on empty homes. Will that make housing more affordable or fail to do so while creating new problems?
Tickets: Eventbrite
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Christine Duhaime – bio coming
Jens von Bergmann is the president of MountainMath, a Vancouver based data analytics and visualization company. Through his work with CensusMapper.ca and Vancouver property assessment data Jens has developed a keen interest in urban issues. He holds a Ph.D. in mathematics and has taught at several US and Canadian universities.
Tsur Somerville is an associate professor and holder of the Real Estate Foundation Professorship in Real Estate Finance at the Sauder School of Business at UBC. His research focuses on real estate development, mortgage, and housing markets. Dr. Somerville received his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University.