{"id":69,"date":"2026-10-02T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/?p=69"},"modified":"2026-10-02T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:00:00","slug":"vancouver-winnipeg-expand-housing-with-resilient-flood-zone-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.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>It\u2019s striking to note that cities like Vancouver, Winnipeg, Chatham-Kent, and Chilliwack are seeing a rise in homes being built in high flood hazard areas, according to StatsCan. Recent efforts to increase housing supply in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and B.C. have contributed to this trend. As someone who approaches real estate through an analytical lens\u2014shaped by a background in consulting and supply chain management\u2014I always encourage clients to factor in both opportunity and risk when considering properties in these evolving neighbourhoods. Understanding flood zones and long-term value is essential, whether you\u2019re purchasing, selling, or planning renovations. In my experience, informed decision-making is the foundation of wise property investment, especially as communities adapt to new housing demands.<\/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>It\u2019s striking to note that cities like Vancouver, Winnipeg, Chatham-Kent, and Chilliwack are seeing a rise in homes being built in high flood hazard areas, according to StatsCan. Recent efforts to increase housing supply in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and B.C. have contributed to this trend. As someone who approaches real estate through an analytical lens\u2014shaped by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":70,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions\/71"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}