exactly what do the terms 'occupied' and 'unoccupied ' mean?    To the ordinary person, unoccupied means completely vacant and empty and not used at all.  However, to the city planners in Vancouver  I have a feeling that occupied and unoccupied mean something different than the ordinary usage of these terms.  I think they have come up with a new speak version of the terms  and they only consider a dwelling occupied when is lived by a person or persons they see a proper residents of Vancouver.   In other words they only want certain people in the City .   Why don't they just start issuing rental / occupancy  licenses to the people they want living in Van and ban everyone else?  People would have to apply for permission to live in the City for any length of time , say longer than 1-2 weeks .  That way they could keep out all those undesirable rich people who are paying too much rent or mortgages.  I a sure that would have any bad consequences , would it?