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Jim Green's Legacy to Social Housing

Jim Green's Legacy to Social Housing
Jim Green (right) takes former UBC planning professor David Hulchanski on a tour of Four Sisters Co-op in 1989, one of Green's first affordable housing projects with the Downtown Eastside Residents Association. Photo: UBC Archives

In his decades-long trajectory from Downtown Eastside organizer to city politician, the late Vancouver Coun. Jim Green (1943-2012) is today credited with creating nearly 1,000 units of affordable and social housing in the city, in the midst of a growing housing crisis. 

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At Four Sisters Co-op, an Affordable Housing Dream Realized

At Four Sisters Co-op, an Affordable Housing Dream Realized

But can the late Jim Green's project survive rising rents? First in a new series.

David P Ball / 23 Feb 2015


'At My Age, All I Expect Is a Place to Live'

'At My Age, All I Expect Is a Place to Live'

In Solheim Place, late councillor Jim Green helped create a Vancouver rarity. Second in a series.

David P Ball / 24 Feb 2015


Inside Woodward's, a Still-Contentious Social Housing Experiment

Inside Woodward's, a Still-Contentious Social Housing Experiment

The late Jim Green's legacy project in Vancouver continues to generate buzz. Last in a series.

David P Ball / 25 Feb 2015


Event: Social Housing Experts Look from Legacy to Future

Event: Social Housing Experts Look from Legacy to Future

Expect feisty debate at this Vancouver event honouring late councillor Jim Green.

David P Ball / 26 Feb 2015