So reports the CBC. But lest we homeless and low-income people start jumping up and down, exclaiming "It's about time!" and exhaling our oh-so-long pent up breath, I caution with this: "The average cost of a conversion is expected to be around $150,000, but owners will only be able to rent and not sell the laneway homes. "Before any of the alley homes go ahead, there will be public hearings on a neighbourhood by neighbourhood basis, and only homes already zoned single-family will qualify for the pilot project. That means the first laneway house won't be built for about a year." Full post: http://tinyurl.com/5a3fgc Ocean -- Book - Policies of Exclusion, Poverty & Health: Stories from the front Podcast Channel: http://bcseawalker.podbean.com/ Blog: Challenging the Commonplace - and other irreverent activities http://challengingthecommonplace.blogspot.com/ If you live in BC, help promote the May 12 referendum on electoral reform - visit http://www.stv.ca/ To UNSUBSCRIBE send to: [log in to unmask] the following phrase "unsubscribe click4hp" as unquoted text. To view archives or manage your subscription (and create a password) go to http://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/click4hp.html