Essays on purpose-built rental housing, gentrification, and transit-oriented development in suburban Metro Vancouver
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: Geography, Department of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Jones, Craig Eugene
issued: 2023-04-18T19:24:59Z
issued: 2023
related degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: In the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and the spectacular collapse of the U.S. housing market, issues of debt and affordable housing in Canada have drawn increasing scrutiny. Vancouver's position in the Canadian urban system, and transnational circuits of migration and capital investment, highlights vivid tensions between affordability, capital accumulation, and policy challenges of social equity amidst widening inequality. Within this context, Chapter 1 of this thesis presents an overview of key themes of suburban rental housing, transit-oriented development (TOD), and the role of City leadership. In Chapter 2, I discuss concerns that much of Vancouver’s suburban stock of aging purpose-built rental housing could soon face redevelopment pressure. The key findings are that the current purpose-built rental stock is insufficient to meet demand, government policy may have contributed to a lack of supply, and expanding the supply of suburban rental housing will depend on a balance between preservation and redevelopment. In Chapter 3, I examine a highly localized example of marginalized renters in an aging, low- to moderate-density suburban neighborhood in Metro Vancouver facing displacement because of a local area plan to facilitate high-density redevelopment around a light rapid transit station. The central argument of this chapter is that TODs are buttressed by a logic of smart growth and environmental sustainability, which can override social equity concerns. In particular, I consider how TOD logics justified the demolition of refugee-serving housing in Vancouver’s suburban city of Coquitlam. In Chapter 4, I describe how the 2018 electoral defeat of Burnaby’s incumbent five-term mayor led to a significant policy shift in how the City approached renters in the gentrifying town centre of Metrotown. Following years of controversy and activism, the City of Burnaby approved the Metrotown Downtown Plan in 2017, which re-designated maximum density achievabl…
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note: ESSAYS ON PURPOSE-BUILT RENTAL HOUSING, GENTRIFICATION, AND TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT IN SUBURBAN METRO VANCOUVER by Craig Eugene Jones B.A., The University of British Columbia, 2012 M.A., The University of British Columbia, 2014 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES (Geography) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) April 2023 © Craig Eugene Jones, 2023 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the dissertation entitled: Essays on Purpose-Built Rental Housing, Gentrification, and Transit-Oriented Development in Suburban Metro Vancouver submitted by Craig Eugene Jones in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Geography Examining Committee: David Ley, Professor, Geography, UBC Co-supervisor Elvin Wyly, Professor, Geography, UBC Co-supervisor Supervisory Committee Member Trevor Barnes, Professor, Geography, UBC University Examiner Patrick Condon, Professor, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, UBC University Examiner Additional Supervisory Committee Members: Daniel Hiebert, Professor, Geography, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Supervisory Committee Member iii Abstract In the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and the spectacular collapse of the U.S. housing market, issues of debt and affordable housing in Canada have drawn increasing scrutiny. Vancouver's position in the Canadian urban system, and transnational circuits of migration and capital investment, highlights vivid tensions between affordability, capital accumulation, and policy challenges of social equity amidst widening inequality. Within this context, Chapter 1 of this thesis presents an overview of key themes of suburban rental housing, transit-oriented development (TOD), and the role of City leadership. In Chapter 2…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2023-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0431105
language: eng
degree discipline: Geography
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Ley, David
contributor: Wyly, Elvin K.
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84248