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Who gets in to Vancouver’s ‘below-market’ rental apartments?

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More than 6,000 new “below-market” rental apartments are either under construction or being processed by the City of Vancouver .

Many Metro Vancouver city councils have been trying to make it easier and cheaper to build more rentals because they are concerned people on middle incomes cannot afford what the market dictates.

UBC business professor Tom Davidoff laments that the below-market scheme benefits only a lucky few.

In Britain and other nations of Europe , an ethical question has emerged about who should get into social housing.

It’s not necessarily best to fill social housing with the “most needy,” he said.

It's also not good to pick only high-functioning, well-off tenants, he says.

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