{"id":71,"date":"2026-10-02T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jonathanlu.ca\/blog\/?p=71"},"modified":"2026-10-02T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T10:00:00","slug":"vancouver-winnipeg-expand-housing-with-resilient-flood-zone-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonathanlu.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/02\/vancouver-winnipeg-expand-housing-with-resilient-flood-zone-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver, Winnipeg Expand Housing with Resilient Flood Zone Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>StatsCan has highlighted that cities like Vancouver and Winnipeg are seeing an increase in new homes being built in high flood hazard areas. In particular, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Chatham-Kent, and Chilliwack have many homes located in these flood-prone zones, with Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and B.C. recording notable recent growth in such areas due to ongoing efforts to address housing supply.<\/p>\n<p>Having advised on real estate transactions across Greater Vancouver for over 16 years, I always encourage clients\u2014whether local families, new immigrants, or international investors\u2014to look deeper than just supply and demand. Understanding site-specific risks, such as flood hazard exposure, is essential when making property decisions that will serve you and your family for years to come. With Vancouver\u2019s rapid expansion, asset protection and long-term planning are more important than ever. My approach emphasizes blending market opportunity with careful due diligence\u2014so you can confidently build your future in this dynamic city.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/vancouver-winnipeg-among-canadian-cities-120000065.html\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>StatsCan has highlighted that cities like Vancouver and Winnipeg are seeing an increase in new homes being built in high flood hazard areas. In particular, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Chatham-Kent, and Chilliwack have many homes located in these flood-prone zones, with Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and B.C. recording notable recent growth in such areas due to ongoing efforts to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":193,"featured_media":72,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanlu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanlu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanlu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanlu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/193"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanlu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanlu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanlu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions\/73"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanlu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanlu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanlu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanlu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}