By KERRY GOLD | PUBLISHED APRIL 17, 2020 |
What will Vancouver look like in a post-COVID-19 world? That question, and the controversial issue of density, has been on a few minds lately.
A report from the New Policy Institute, published April 12, reveals that areas of England where people are crammed together with fewer bedrooms and bathrooms have suffered higher rates of the virus. The report’s author concludes that the virus has changed the way we view housing.
“There is already enough evidence in this research to conclude that the standards which have come to determine what constitutes adequate housing now need to be abandoned and made anew,” the report says.