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weekend edition FRIDAY, SEPT. 28, 2012 Vol. 103 No. 78 • Established 1908
33 32 Housing task force prescribes ‘fundamental changes’ Spanish lessons Field hockey respect
Recommendations include row houses Mike Howell Staff writer
Vancouver has the highest housing prices in Canada.
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Changing zoning policy to allow more types of housing, introducing so-called thin streets to add more houses to neighbourhoods and creating a housing authority are among the recommendations in a staff report going before city council next week. The recommendations are based on conclusions reached in the final report of Mayor Gregor Robertson’s task force on housing affordability. Both reports were released Wednesday and will go before city council at next Tuesday’s public meeting. “Some of the recommendations suggest relatively
minor changes that will enable the delivery of greater housing diversity and affordability, while others propose fundamental changes to the way the city does business,” says the staff report authored by deputy city manager David McLellan. “Some recommendations are relatively quick and straightforward to implement, while others are complex and will unfold over a period of several years.” The four “high-level” recommendations of the task force remain largely unchanged from an earlier interim report released by Robertson, who co-chaired the task force with former provincial Liberal cabinet minister Olga Ilich. See THIN on page 4
Tenant says barking dogs and rude owners are ruining his life Social housing complex sits next to Emery Barnes Park Sandra Thomas Staff writer For a person standing on the open walkway on the fourth floor of the Jubilee House social housing complex at Richards and Helmcken streets, the fenced off-
leash area of Emery Barnes Park is within spitting distance. It’s the same with the open windows of Brooklyn Court, directly adjacent to the dog park, where on Wednesday morning as many as 10 dogs charged around the small fenced area. Soon a fight
began with yelping, growling and barking. According to Jubilee resident Ron Dobson, dog fights, barking dogs and what he said are aggressive owners are a constant in the park around the clock and are ruining the lives of the tenants
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in the social housing complexes. The majority of the tenants living in both buildings are disabled, elderly or both. “Sometimes the barking is so bad I can’t eat and throw my dinner out,” said 65-year-old Dobson, whose small studio apartment
overlooks the dog park. “It’s affecting my sleep and my health.” Dobson said when he’s yelled down asking owners to quiet their dogs, he’s been greeted with threats, rude hand gestures and laughter. See PARK on page 4
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