Non-Profits Are Racing to Save Affordable Apartments. But Critics Say We Should Just Build New Ones

Non-profits are racing to save affordable apartments. But critics say we should just build new ones

While Canada continues to lose affordable rental housing at alarming rates, we look at the dramatic shift in B.C., where a provincially funded Rental Protection Fund has helped not-for-profits secure record-breaking amounts of units as they go for sale — and whether this could work countrywide.