As housing prices rise and the median income remains idle, Vancouverites are looking at creative ways to survive in the city. In order to buy a house in Vancouver the average person needs to be bringing in almost $150 000 per annum. Contrast this minimum income with the average individual income of $41 000 per year 
and the problem of affordability—or lack thereof–emerges. Stated starkly, the average family of two clearly cannot purchase a home. To address this problem, I propose we expand our views of marriage and aim to form families of four. Polyamory, if you will.
The economic advantages of polyamory are huge. By living together, these families of four will be able to pool their incomes, more easily purchasing a home in Vancouver. Additionally, by reducing the total number of families, demand for housing will shift left on the supply curve and eventually lead to an overall drop in housing prices. Housing prices will continue to fall as these polyamorous families satisfy their need to have children with fewer babies per capita. This drop in the birth rate will decrease the population of Vancouver with an accompanying decrease in the demand for housing. With the adoption of this new way of living, Vancouver may soon become an affordable city to live in.
Tencer, Daniel. “Here’s The Income You Need To Buy An Average House Across Canada.” Huffington Post. N.p., 11 Jan. 2015. Web. 29 Sept. 2015.
Gold, Kerry. “For Vancouver, Housing and Income Don’t Add up.” The Globe and Mail. N.p., 07 June 2013. Web. 29 Sept. 2015.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2014/07/24/debunking-four-myths-about-polyamory/
You should have mentioned this in the family lectures – maybe you did! We are starting to see more communal living in large houses in Vancouver. I would like to see a student-led initiative that not only claims the streets, but also the empty houses along them! Then you may have your ‘dens of iniquity’ and push social change and polyamory.