Majority of Vancouverites struggling to afford housing [Video]

Three in four people living in Vancouver are finding it harder to make ends meet than they were two years ago, according to a new poll.

According to data collected by Research Co. on the current state of the province’s economy and housing, 75 per cent of the Metro Vancouver population are finding it “considerably harder” or “moderately harder” to get by financially than they were in 2022.

It is a viewpoint shared throughout much of the province, with 75 per cent of those polled on Vancouver Island in agreement, plus 80 per cent in northern B.C., 74 per cent in southern B.C. and 76 per cent in the Fraser Valley.

The province noted it has become more difficult to find a job, buy a house, pay for post-secondary education and save money for retirement over the previous two years, with four fifths of the Metro Vancouver population and 70 …