Rents in Vancouver are over $2000 for a 1 bedroom condo. This is not affordable for the majority of people whether you have "issues" or not. I couldn't afford this on my own. What do you do if you have a family? Pay $5000 a month for a 3-4 bedroom home on an $80,000 joint income? Not possible! I'd have a mental problem too because imagine the stress people are living with on a daily basis. We need governments to cool the housing crisis by ending foreign ownership, even temporarily, so that people who actually reside here are not competing with those who don't. Foreign ownership has driven this crisis and continues to do across the Lower Mainland, it's not just a Vancouver problem. Homelessness has spiked in the Fraser Valley, farmland is being bought by mainland Chinese wealth to build "dream homes", some are over an acre in size! This is what is driving the market to instability. The government isn't doing anything about it because they are making a fortune on property tax Its a crime