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Generation Rent: Your Stories

Generation Rent: Your Stories
Illustration for The Tyee by Indiana Joel.

The Tyee Solutions Society has reported all year on affordable housing issues and solutions in the Lower Mainland and B.C.

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To Home Ownership and Back Again

To Home Ownership and Back Again

I left the city for a house, and my heart still aches. First in a series of BC renter tales. Event Wednesday.

Steve Threndyle / 11 Nov 2013


My Rental Apartment Rejected Me

My Rental Apartment Rejected Me

Living, for too long, in a decaying downtown pad with a mind of its own. Part of a series on renting.

Erin Ashenhurst / 13 Nov 2013


You Can't Go Home Again

You Can't Go Home Again

On striking out solo for the first time. Part of a series of BC renter stories.

Aaron Golbeck / 16 Nov 2013


Little Buggers

Little Buggers

Bedbugs covered me in red bumps. I bit back. Latest in a series of BC renter tales.

Jennifer Lori / 19 Nov 2013


The Time I Lived in the Kitchen

The Time I Lived in the Kitchen

All it was missing was a door, four walls and a closet. Part of a series about renting.

Kelly Masson / 23 Nov 2013


Renting and Relationships: An Ode to Impermanence

Renting and Relationships: An Ode to Impermanence

We never lived together, but in the end I lost a home. Part of a series about renting.

Kristin Warkentin / 27 Nov 2013


Appliance Envy

Appliance Envy

Elbows-deep in suds, I envy my home-owning friends. Last in a series of seven stories about renting.

Carys Cragg / 29 Nov 2013