Promises, Promises

Housing promises in Olympic bid unlikely to be kept, report says
Study says commitment to protect people from social impact may be too costly
Frances Bula, Vancouver Sun
Published: Monday, June 25, 2007

It's highly unlikely that the housing promises made during bidding for the 2010 Olympics will be kept, according to the first-ever progress report from city, provincial and federal governments, and Vanoc.

The Olympics are the first ever Games to have made a commitment to protect people from the social impacts of such a mega-event. A Vanoc housing committee made 25 recommendations in February on the specific requirements to protect existing inner-city housing and create more.

But the draft response from the four bodies and a separate city report going to Vancouver council on Thursday say it's "questionable" whether the province can find the money to build 3,200 units of social housing by 2010.

Read the rest here.