“Affordable housing is something that somebody can afford.”
That was the infamous definition of affordable housing as shared by former Vancouver Coun. Kerry Jang almost a decade ago.
Yes, it was mocked for sounding silly and vague. But it does point to a truth about how elusive affordability has become.
It’s been five years since we last wrote in The Tyee about how disorienting affordability definitions are.
There’s been a lot of debate in that time. Should market rentals be called…
