Another Thing Canada Does Better

San Francisco Magazine Candace Jackson Google Earth Vancouver shows how cottage laws can ease a crisis. An affordable housing shortage. Skyrocketing prices. Wealthy foreign investors. Sound familiar? Vancouver once found itself in a similar predicament to the Bay Area’s current one. But there, a government-backed affordable housing push a few decades ago—centered in part on adding ADUs—has led to a boom in affordable rental units. Known as laneway homes because of their proximity to the ci...