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If you’ve ever wanted to give the mayor your two cents on housing in Vancouver, Saturday’s the day.

The city of Vancouver is hosting a pancake breakfast and roundtable conversation to discuss issues around housing affordability and access this weekend.

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“It’s a critical time to boldly reset our approach to creating housing, with the affordability crisis impacting all incomes and neighbourhoods,” said Mayor Gregor Robertson in a statement released in May when the roundtable was first announced.

The event, dubbed The Big Conversation: The Future of Housing in Vancouver, is part of the city’s efforts to consult with residents about a range of diverse challenges facing the city.

On Friday, a tent city located at 950 Main St. was told to leave the site, to allow for social housing to be built. A day earlier, a new report noted that Vancouver’s average rental price for a one-bedroom apartment had gone up to $1,950, the most expensive across the country. The city is still in the process of trying to get rogue landlords to repair dilapidated Downtown Eastside buildings, and the provincial government continues to grapple with absent owners over non-tenanted homes.