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The tech economy in Vancouver and across Canada has never looked brighter. Yet the reality, in some respects, has never been bleaker.

The B.C. government recently announced the launch of a $100-million venture capital fund to accelerate local startups, and schools province-wide are introducing computer coding into the curriculum. Federally, technology and innovation are finally being embraced as economic drivers, as oil and resources lose their lustre. To wit, the total value of tech and innovation companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange is now greater than the aggregate value of the mining sector.

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But there’s one enormous cloud looming on the horizon — housing affordability. It’s no secret that Vancouver housing is increasingly unaffordable. (The same goes for Toronto, to a slightly lesser extent.) In a recent report Vancouver was listed as the third least affordable city in the world to buy a home, more costly than New York or London.