Oh, wow, what a surprise, the mouthpieces of the builder and construction trades want to get permits to build more and more houses in Vancouver. Who could have seen that solution coming from their ranks? 

Contrary to the headline, no, infill housing is not "an untapped solution" for the Vancouver situation. 

It is not a solution at all. It is like putting a band-aid on the elbow of a patient who arrives to the emergency department after getting crushed into a brick wall by a speeding truck that burst into flames.

Vancouver's situation is that of a real estate market that has fully decoupled from local wages, the result of a massive flood of overseas money rushing in at the hands of millionaires. The ONLY way to address that is to implement financial, taxation, and immigration policy changes that work in favour of LOCAL workers and STOP favouring overseas millionaires who do not even work in the region. 

So put your little band-aid away, builder guy. It is not the solution.