Vancouver: No Fixed Address

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Canada, 2017, 75 min

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With average real estate prices nearing $900,000 in a city where minimum wage is less than $11 per hour, home ownership isn't even a dream for many in Vancouver. For years, Canada's national news has fixated on this specific market, trying to explain the dramatic value escalation that appears to be a bubble that won't burst. Foreign ownership, lack of supply, greed and an inactive government have all been blamed. The things that make a city livable also make it desirable, and developers and investors prey upon those qualities in a free market that caters to the highest bidder. Director Charles Wilkinson moves beyond statistics and square footage to the people directly affected - including those with property and those without - in this candid and human portrayal of a city that continues to rise yet cannot meet demand. (Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival)

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