To the editor:

As a visitor to your city from Vancouver, with a longstanding interest in affordable housing, I was interested to read your Mayor's Report on what the city is doing to increase the stock of rental housing. (Rental Housing a Council Priority, by 91´ó»ÆѼ Mayor Colin Basran, July 6 91´ó»ÆѼ Capital News.)

Your city is to be commended for offering financial incentives to developers building purpose-built rental projects, as well as facilitating secondary suites and 'carriage houses.'

The fact is, while 91´ó»ÆѼ may not have the influx of foreign investment that many believe is contributing to Vancouver's housing crisis, you can expect many more ex-Vancouverites to move into your region.

I hope you can learn from Vancouver's planning and development mistakes and avoid the severe affordability crisis we have experienced in your increasingly attractive city and region.

Michael Geller, Vancouver