Michael Geller @michaelgeller Twitter profile

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

4 years

My husband purchased a world map...gave me a dart and said "throw this and wherever it lands I'm taking you for a holiday when this pandemic is over". Turns out we're spending two weeks behind the fridge. :(

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

2 years

So, what do other countries do when it comes to housing investors & foreign buyers? Here's what Singapore is doing!

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

3 years

My friend, once a celebrated Vancouver anesthesiologist, needs hospital attention. But he's stuck in emergency because there isn't a bed available. They are all occupied by unvaccinated people with Civid. This really isn't fair.

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Michael Geller

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1 year

I'm really confused by the police liaison officers in schools issue. I would have thought it was a good way for kids to see the police as friends & a positive influence, not nasty people to fear. @CBCStephenQuinn

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

2 years

. @bctoday I can't imagine a more absurd way of addressing this problem. If you need any proof, why am I receiving $110 when I don't need the money and I drive an electric car? We really should be targeting government assistance to those in greatest need.

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Michael Geller

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2 years

Sad news. Joe Segal, one of Vancouver's most successful businessmen and a major philanthropist who supported so many causes passed away last night at age 97. The city will not be the same without him.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

6 years

So was I the only person who had difficulty getting a cab in Vancouver tonight? Whether it's #Uber or #Lyft or something else, we must get taxi-alternatives in Vcr, so people don't drink & drive & young women can get home safely!

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

2 years

Vancouver property owner wants to build small rental building on his vacant lot. Planners couldn't accept a Dev. Permit appl'n since site needed rezoning but wouldn't accept rezoning appl'n due to OCP. Told to wait. Now city is charging him Empty Home Tax on land. This is wrong!

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

1 year

Am I the only one who thinks a one-time $500 benefit to low-income renters is a foolish idea? Why not put the money (and a lot more) into more non-market units?

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

4 years

Since it's Friday and it's been a tough week I thought I would tweet a photo I just received of my new granddaughter. I invite everyone who has new grandchildren to tweet their photos too! :-)

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

2 years

Superb interview with @Billbrowder on @CBCTheHouse this morning. What can be done to stop Putin? Listen to it. (Yes, he's the guy who wrote the superb Red Notice. Here is his latest book.)

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

3 years

"Nobody wanted an election and no nobody got what they wanted!"

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

3 years

Helped my daughter put in an offer on a house in Burnaby. I didn't like it but she did. We went 30% over assessment & well over asking with extremely favourable terms. Just told we need to be 45%+ over assessment to get it. Time to rent!

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

2 years

Attention tenants. Great news! The annual rent increase for 2023 will be 2%. Attention landlords. Bad news! The annual allowable rent increase for 2023 will be 2%. But don't worry, I'm sure your increase in property tax, insurance & utilities, etc. will be less than that. Right?

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Michael Geller

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4 years

Dear @kennedystewart @CityofVancouver . I just drove through East Hastings St & #DTES . Have you done this on a Friday night? It is horrifying. Literally horrifying. We must find a solution for all these poor souls. Let's all have a conversation about solutions.

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Michael Geller

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1 year

Listening to @MikeSmythNews discussing @Dave_Eby proposal to require all stratas to allow rentals. I disagree for many reasons. Strata is a form of ownership. Investors who rent units often have different values than owner-occupiers. They won't vote to fix the roof or paint bldg!

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

4 years

Why do i think a city's cleanliness is important? Because I subscribe to the 'broken windows theory'. Anti-social behavior, (including littering) and civil disorder create an urban environment that encourages further crime and disorder.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

6 months

Sorry @MikeKlassen . It's wrong to give a $$$ break to Holborn. If they can't make Little Mountain happen then sell it to someone who can. Holborn blew a lot of good developers out of the water with their initial bid. They're big boys. They should live by agreement! @chrisgailus

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

6 years

If only people understood the economics of rental housing. Requesting a 4-year rental freeze is absurd. Will city taxes be frozen too? Will the cost of gas be frozen? Will banks freeze interest rates?

Steve Saretsky

@SteveSaretsky

6 years

Social unrest in Vancouver is growing. Vancouver’s COPE party calls for 4 year rent freeze.

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Michael Geller

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5 years

The notion of building a subway to Arbutus and then expecting everyone to get out and wait for a bus seems very bizarre to me.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

2 years

Dear @adriandix . At tonight's dinner party we're discussing the BC medical system. Is it true ambulances have to stay with patients taken to ER until admitted, often hours later. That's why there's a shortage of ambulances. They're lined up outside ER @VaughnPalmer @keithbaldrey

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

6 years

. @RosieBarton I would like to apologize for my innapropriate comments about the clothes you wore during last night's National news presentation. My comments were uncalled for, especially since I am a fan of yours and admire your style of journalism.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

3 years

I urge every condominium owner on Twitter to read this.

Condos in crisis? The dangers of ageing condos and underfunded reserve funds

The collapse of Champlain Towers South in Florida brought these issues to the fore

www.canadianlawyermag.com

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

2 years

Why do housing prices keep rising? 1 reason is the blind bidding system that's now the norm. My daughter is putting in an offer on a house today. If she gets it, it's because she paid $250,000 too much. If she doesn't, it's because someone paid more than $250,000 too much!

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

2 years

A major reason for vacant storefronts is excessive property taxes which tenants pay. These are due to @bcassessment determination of property value based on highest & best future use. This should be addressed by @kennedystewart before a new tax is imposed.

Vancouver mayor proposes empty store tax as vacancy rates surge

vancouversun.com

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

10 years

What did #Malaysia and #MalaysianAirlines do to anyone to deserve so much airline misery? I feel for the country.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

2 years

Message received today from a Russian architect/planner who I have been mentoring over the past couple of years. "Mr Geller, is it possible to find a job in your company? I need one job offer, one paper, so I could get a visa and a chance to move and leave this hell..."

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

9 months

For those who don't fully understand SKY's tweet, if a developer builds a condo project, he doesn't have to pay GST. But if he builds a rental project, he must. This is one more reason why many developers prefer to build condos. Feds should definitely make this change.

Sarah Kirby-Yung 楊瑞蘭

@sarahkirby_yung

9 months

Waiving the GST on purpose-built rentals would be key move to help bring thousands of badly needed new #rental #housing homes online. Such a move would shave ten of thousands of $$$ from the cost of each unit making development more viable, & help alleviate skyrocketing rents.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

3 years

What pandemic?

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

6 years

I'm uncomfortable with number of high-level @CityofVancouver officials leaving govt to join developers/builders active in the city? Coming next will be former politicians lobbying their former staff. We need municipal legislation to establish 'cooling off' rules @selinarobinson

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

4 years

It's time for a public conversation on maintaining a clean city. While some dismiss this concern until we solve homelessness & opioid crisis, I disagree. What has happened to our civic pride?

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

8 years

What is sad about #Brexit is that the young voted to remain, and the elderly voted to leave....and they'll be dead soon.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

2 years

Having just spent 3 days in Toronto I am rethinking how best to address housing affordability. More & more higher & higher density housing is most definitely not the answer.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

10 months

I want to support the taxi industry but it's hard when there aren't any taxis at @yvrairport at 9:30 on a Sunday evening. Sorry guys. Next time I'll arrange for Uber.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

6 years

Really troubled by @cbc mayoral debate. @kennedystewart keeps challenging candidates to promise how many units they will build. But promises are meaningless without money. Whether it's 72,000 or 85,000 or 200,000 units over 10 years, these promises are like "ending homelessness".

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

4 years

Want to know why some people are leaving Vancouver for smaller communities such as Qualicum Beach? (A picture is worth a thousand words.)

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

4 years

I cannot believe how many people are voting for Trump. It's absolutely astounding. I know the election is not over but this sure is depressing.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

2 years

How many tents have to be set up outside St. Paul's Hospital parkade before they are all asked to relocate?

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

2 years

My thoughts on Broadway plan. It's hard to achieve housing affordability w/o density, but massive density increases will not necessarily achieve greater affordability. Too many politicians & YIMBYs don't seem to understand this.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

6 months

I hope Holborn is paying the Empty Home Tax. Based on assessed values and the 3% tax rate, this year's bill should be around $10 million. Vancouver Sun: Little Mountain developer says social housing requirement stalling progress on market condos

Little Mountain developer says social housing requirement stalling progress on market condos

vancouversun.com

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

5 years

Don't you just love the irony. Many Vancouver city councillors oppose rent increases above 4.5% but may vote to raise our properties taxes 4.9%. Watch them! #vanpoli

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

2 years

What many people don't realize is that much of our high-density development was shaped by banks requiring significant pre-sales & clever project marketing firms who then primarily targeted investors not end users. That's why we have ended up with so many small suites, not 3-beds!

Steve Saretsky

@SteveSaretsky

2 years

Urbanation estimates that investors make up about 70% of preconstruction buyers in the GTA. That figure is similar in Vancouver.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

3 years

If we need more nurses & healthcare workers my daughter offered an interesting suggestion at dinner last night. Eliminate tuition fees for those wanting to study nursing!

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

2 years

In case you missed it, this morning the mayor told @CBCStephenQuinn that now that the Broadway Plan has been approved "Working people will now be able to live on the Westside of the city." 😀

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

4 years

Hoping that everyone disgusted with the deteriorating downtown cleanliness will speak up. Yes I know there's a homelessness & opioid crisis. But that doesn't justify the dirty streets & parks & neglected storefronts. Mayor @kennedystewart Please take notice & action.

VanInsanity

@NoFunVan

4 years

This is what ppl see in dt Van. Great for business I bet 👌 #Granville #ThisIsNotOK @kennedystewart @jjhorgan @christineeboyle @PtFry @sarahkirby_yung @MelissaDeGenova @councillorwiebe @AdrianeCarr @JeanSwanson_ @rebeccaleebligh @LisaDominato @jarmstrongbc @sam_sullivan @HedyFry

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

3 years

Asked my daughter her opinion on city's proposed parking tax. She thought it unfairly punishes those who can least afford it while others (like us) who can avoid the fees by parking off-street wouldn't have to pay! She's right! @sarahkirby_yung @rebeccaleebligh @LisaDominato

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

4 years

Welcome to one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It's a disgrace our municipal staff & officials can't resolve this.

Jordan Armstrong

@jarmstrongbc

4 years

Oppenheimer Park today @GlobalBC @ParkBoard

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

5 years

I foolishly asked server at restaurant last night if it was possible to turn the music down a bit since speaker above our table. He was not amused.

CityNews Vancouver

@CityNewsVAN

5 years

A Vancouver-based hearing loss expert says loud music in restaurants is driving customers away or keeping them from eating out more

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

8 years

One for each gold medal? :-)

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

6 years

I believe many measures in today's #Budget2018 result from great investigative reporting by @scoopercooper & @KathyTGlobe . Here's Cooper's @VancouverSun budget summary.

B.C. Budget 2018: B.C. NDP increases and extends housing taxes in effort to rein in speculation

vancouversun.com

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

3 years

What disgusts me the most is not that he went to St Barts but deliberately DECEIVED people with falsified social media posts into thinking he was around town. I wouldn't want such a duplitious person as my Finance Minister. Would you?

@JillKrop

3 years

“I thought the rules didn’t apply to me because I’m someone special ... but now that you all know where I went and my Christmas celebrations are basically done, I’m deeply remorseful and heading home” blah, blah, blah Anyone else tired of #entitlement ?

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

14 days

Given all the forthcoming Building Code changes requiring 100% accessibility, combined with other electical & energy code changes, and increased @MetroVancouver & municipal fees, I heard tonight many major developers have decided to go on strike. They're not going to build in BC.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

5 years

According to city's latest press release, from 2017 to 2018 the Empty Home Tax program resulted in 86 units being converted to rental accommodation. Not 25,000. Not 10,000. EIGHTY-SIX! Some 2nd homeowners are now renting so actual increase in rental stock is even less!

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

6 years

Speaking of empty homes, lawyer tells of incident in his 170 unit high end condo highrise. Fire alarm goes off. 14 people gather downstairs outside building! :-)

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

6 years

This is most disturbing. You're invited to buy this and keep it empty since there's no vacant home tax since rentals are at max according to strata bylaws! #vanre

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

2 years

Very good speech by @KenSimCity . Very touching. A special moment. A historic moment.

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Michael Geller

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4 years

I once told a judge as an expert witness in trial on what constitutes financial viability, don't look at proformas. Developers often prepare 4 for each project. I for themselves. 1 for the bank. 1 for the city & 1 for their partners!

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

2 months

"If more density translates into greater affordability, why is Vancouver's housing so expensive?" asks @pmcondon2 since we've had a significant increase in housing supply.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

3 years

Co-signing a mortgage for my daughter this pm. Her lawyer asked if I was the same Michael Geller who used to write for @VanCourierNews . I thought about denying it! :) BTW if you're wondering fixed or variable, I recommended 5-year fixed. When rate starts with a '1' crazy not to!

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

1 month

As I study this Portland Oregon train/tram map I can't help but think we may have made a terrible mistake in Vancouver building underground subways and SkyTrain. Hopefully we will build light rail to UBC and elsewhere throughout the region.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

6 years

. @simisara980 We wanted a speculation tax. But what we got was another so-called Empty Home Tax that's really a Jealousy or Envy Tax. It's completely wrong and misguided.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

6 years

Am I the only one concerned about increasing number of very bright car headlights? I think they're dangerous. Just compare new Mercedes with an older Ford!

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

10 months

So, how many tents need to be pitched on Burrard at Davie before the city decides enough is enough and decides to move them? I'd like to know who these people are, where they were before, and where they might go.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

2 years

Listening to @Dave_Eby talking to @CBCStephenQuinn reminds me of what another former BC Finance Minister said to me, "Taxing for housing affordability is like bombing for peace."

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

5 years

How much did your home drop in value? The 2019 Assessments are now online. Check it out at

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

4 years

My granddaughter!

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

4 years

Uber will serve those like me without nearby public transit, who often can't get a cab. It will most certainly reduce number of drunk drivers, benefit late night clubgoers, tourists & add another transportation choice while we await significantly improved public transportation.

Peter Ladner

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4 years

“As Uber & Lyft add to city traffic, lose $billions, and undermine transit, we need to ask ourselves what transportation problems they solve,”

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

8 months

Delighted to read this. For years I have argued there should be a higher mill rate for single family hsg, comapred to more sustainable multi-family housing! UBCM supports variable residential tax rates - North Shore News

UBCM supports variable residential tax rates

The UBCM wants the province to amend the B.C. Assessment Act and the Community Charter to allow the residential tax class to be split in two.

www.newwestrecord.ca

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

4 years

@fabulavancouver Improved pay for care home workers and other low-income jobs and an end to the practice of part-time employment so that employers can avoid paying benefits to staff.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

6 years

Pleased to hear @steeletalk comments re: so-called speculation tax on @cknw . She's right. It's not just impacting speculators with vacant homes. It's impacting far too many people owning second homes that are not vacant. It's a Robin Hood Tax. A wealth tax.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

5 years

I am quite astounded anyone would support improved train service to Seattle before we can offer train lines serving Squamish/Whistler & Chilliwack

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

2 years

I agree with @jfatkey . It is wrong to continue to have a homeowner grant. It's not only wrong, it's absurd that there's only one price threshold for the entire province. Really. Furthermore it's not even income tested. Be bold @bcndp . Get rid of it! @CBCStephenQuinn

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

1 year

While there's no doubt some condos are vacant since owners aren't allowed to rent, as I told @CKNW many of the reportedly 3,000 empty apts AREN'T EMPTY. They are second homes occupied less than 6 months a year, but owners use condo rental restriction to avoid paying Vacancy Tax.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

6 years

Thx @steeletalk for reiterating my opinion the so-called Speculation Tax is not taxing gains from speculation. It's taxing capital. Wealth. Second homes. That's why I call it an envy tax. A jealousy tax!

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

2 years

So, what would 6 units on a single-family lot look like? Well, it might look like this.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

10 months

while I am happy to see @translink getting into the development business, if this is what they think is appropriate at Arbutus and Broadway, then I regret encouraging them to do so. Too much bulk, too much height.

New renderings of TransLink's 30-storey rental tower at Arbutus Station | Urbanized

This is TransLink and PCI Developments' proposed design for a 30-storey rental housing tower next to SkyTrain Arbutus Station.

dailyhive.com

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

5 years

$5.50 an hour to park at filthy, urine soaked @EasyParkVan parking garage at Beatty & Pender. I will be writing to EasyPark president & Board of Directors to join me on tour of this & Gastown parkades. Maybe I should ask @globalnews @CBCVancouver @CTVVancouver to join us.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

5 years

I agree with @steeletalk . It's wrong to require stratas to remove rental restrictions. Yes, I know there's a rental housing shortage. But 'condominium' is a form of ownership. We should make it as attractive as possible for buyers. Offer the choice.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

1 year

Its time to end the homeowners' grant. A waste of money that could go to addressing DTES hsg issues.

B.C. homeowner grant threshold rising to $2.125 million in 2023

vancouversun.com

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

5 years

So the homeless count is up. Despite 600+ modular units and another 300+ units. While I'm pleased the modular hsg has provided homes, I don't think we can build ourselves out of this problem. The more we build, the more will come. We need a better, more comprehensive solution!

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

2 months

Larry Beasley tells UBC audience when he was Director of Planning he tried to make density livable and loveable through urban design. Sadly this is no longer happening. A tenfold increase in FSR from 0.6 to 5.8 is not loveable. We need a moratorium on this aspect of Broadway Plan

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

6 years

Aha! @CBCGloria rightly asks do we need a homeowner grant program at all? Of course not. We should help renters, not lucky homeowners. It's ridiculous when you think about it. Not means tested. No variation in $$$ around province! @CBCOnTheCoast

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

11 months

For all you Sam Cooper fans. I am most certainly one of them! Good luck with this new venture, Sam.

Sam Cooper

@scoopercooper

11 months

News alert! After 17 years working with The Province, Vancouver Sun and Global News, and publishing a best-selling book on foreign interference in Canada- with supporters, I have founded an independent investigative journalism platform, starting next week.

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Michael Geller

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3 months

How would you feel if this was proposed on your duplex lined street? Precisely. Which is why I opposed aspects of the Broadway Plan. My friends on West 14th aren't NIMBYs but don't want this next door, so I am motivated to start the battle all over again.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

6 years

It's a shame new drivers can't get colour-coordinated 'N' stickers for their $200,000+ baby blue Aston Martins. I find this so jarring!

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Michael Geller

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4 years

"Almost re-electing Trump after observing his behaviour every day for past 4 years reflects very poorly on the common sense of the American public. If half of them cannot see through such an obvious fraud should they really be allowed out without adult supervision?" @GwynneDyer

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Michael Geller

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6 months

@george_affleck George, I disagree. Especially since I'm advising the owner of two large contiguous Shaughnessy lots totalling an acre of land. Under the FSD zoning, we can only add a couple of infill units. We should be allowed to add six or more, while maintaining the existing character.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

5 years

This is why i called it an envy or jealousy tax and not a speculation or vacancy/empty home tax. What's the intent here?

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

4 years

There's nothing I can do about the outcome of this election. However, regardless if who wins, over the next 4 years, I will not visit any state that voted for Trump!

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

6 years

So very frustrated listening to discussion about Empty Home Tax & so-called Speculation Tax. Political rhetoric is about negative impacts of EMPTY homes. But too many homes impacted by tax AREN'T EMPTY. They're lived in as 2nd homes. Vacation homes. This is wrong! #bcpoli #vanRE

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

4 years

It is unbelievable that credit cards continue to charge 19.9% to those who can least afford to pay. Time for gov't to step in? @CBCEarlyEdition @CBCStephenQuinn

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

2 years

Everyone should listen to @JasJohalBC condemnation of @ParkBoard on @cknw yesterday for its mismanagement of this matter. My assumption is the board & staff considered the train an outdated fossil-fuel relic that should be scrapped. But they're wrong.

First the Stanley Park Ghost Train and now the Bright Lights train cancelled. What's going on?

vancouversun.com

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

5 years

While I listen to politicians blaming other politicians for money laundering on @CBCEarlyEdition why aren't more people blaming police & enforcement agencies for allowing so much crime & money-laundering to happen?

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

6 months

Please tell me how forcing Qualicum Beach homeowners to sell their $2.5 million 2nd homes is creating affordable rental housing. Or are you doing this just to get the cash? Vancouver Sun: B.C.'s speculation tax is expanding to these 13 municipalities

B.C.'s speculation tax is expanding to these 13 municipalities

vancouversun.com

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

5 years

I completely disagree with @MikeSmythNews . While it should be mandatory for children to wear helmets when cycling on city streets, it should be optional for adults. W/o helmet requirement more would cycle. As for healthcare $$$, I'm more upset by smokers than cyclists! @CKNW

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

1 year

Am I the only one who finds it totally absurd that one minute a government is desperately trying to spend a $6 million budgetary surplus, and the next minute is proposing a $4.2 million deficit?

B.C. Budget 2023: What the $4.2 billion deficit funds — and what it doesn't

vancouversun.com

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

2 years

I think this realtor has an obligation to get his client to tidy up this Blenheim Street property. Do you not agree @REBGV ?

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

6 years

I sincerely regret and apologize for last night's tweet regarding a female TV personality's wardrobe. It was inappropriate and uncalled for. @steeletalk @JenStDen and others offended by the tweet.

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

5 years

Who is DTES for? So asks @CBCStephenQuinn . It cannot only be for low income & drug addicted, mentally-ill people. Neighbourhood needs to be 'normalized'. (Locals hate that word) but it means cleaner streets/storefronts, broader mix of uses & incomes & more jobs & community spaces

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Michael Geller

@michaelgeller

5 years

North Shore False Creek walkway at Howe Street. Once the pride and joy of @CityofVancouver @ParkBoard . So whose fault is this dereliction of duties?

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