Joseph Quigley
Joseph Quigley connects municipal politics to the realities of housing, real estate and local services, with a consistent focus on how decisions affect residents’ ability to live securely. He reports for NewmarketToday on council agendas, housing projects and the costs tied to homes, treating real estate as part of a wider system of policy, social services and equity. His background in small local newsrooms and across multiple beats shapes coverage that is both deeply local and attentive to marginalized communities.
Housing affordability and shelter infrastructure
Housing and shelter capacity are central in his reporting, which regularly follows how public money and policy translate into units, beds and support on the ground. He covers regional funding decisions, such as grants in the tens of millions of dollars for non-profit housing providers to build hundreds of new affordable units, and explains how those projects change the mix of senior housing, women’s shelters and community-led developments. His work tracks supportive housing initiatives for seniors and other residents, including stories that follow individual facilities from opening to operation and highlight what “dignified living” means in practice for people whose incomes do not match market rents.
He writes about land trusts and other tools used to grow affordable housing stock, treating them as pieces in a larger puzzle that includes municipal policy, non-profit capacity and long-term regional planning.
Municipal decisions and social equity
Quigley’s municipal coverage often foregrounds equity, focusing on how council votes and strategies intersect with discrimination, race and civil liberties. He reports on efforts to dismantle anti-Black racism at the council level, following policy proposals and debates that connect housing, policing and community services. His work on controversial shelter proposals shows how council decisions, close votes and neighbourhood opposition can determine whether new supports for unhoused residents proceed or stall. He has covered cases where employment actions against public-sector workers raise concerns about freedom of expression, documenting how unions, advocacy organizations and residents respond when they see a chilling effect on dissent. In pieces on how discrimination impacts a regional housing crisis, he links barriers faced by racialized and marginalized residents directly to access to housing, framing real estate not just as a market but as a site of rights and exclusion.
Costs of living and real estate risk
Beyond bricks-and-mortar projects, he reports on the financial pressures tied to homes, including insurance, affordability and uneven cost trends across communities. In coverage of home insurance premiums, Quigley uses data from industry reports to show how provincial averages are rising while specific municipalities buck the trend, and what that means for homeowners weighing risk and cost. He situates those findings in the context of broader cost-of-living pressures, treating insurance, taxes and utilities as part of the real estate picture rather than isolated bills.
His reporting on housing crises often brings together policy analysis and lived experience, showing how rising costs, discrimination and limited supply shape who can buy, rent or stay in their homes.
Labour, governance and local services
Quigley’s beat includes labour relations and the internal workings of regional government, which he covers through union actions, return-to-office policies and council process stories. He reports on unions demanding a halt to pending return-to-office plans, explaining why workers push back, what management proposes and how these disputes affect service delivery for residents. His council coverage includes agenda previews and follow-up pieces on votes, giving readers a clear view of how motions move from committee to full council and which issues - from housing initiatives to workplace rules - draw the most contention.
Across these stories, he treats governance, workplace policy and service levels as tightly linked, showing how decisions inside the institution shape conditions both for staff and for the communities they serve.
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Addie Morfoot
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Alcynna Lloyd
Alcynna Lloyd is a real estate reporter and economic journalist at Business Insider whose work is distinct for treating housing as a core economic system people must navigate. She covers how housing markets, costs, and mobility shape everyday life decisions, connecting data on rents, home prices, and city trends with stories of people managing debt, multigenerational living, and moves abroad. Her beat centers on housing costs, renters, and household strategies, following renters pushing back against landlords and tracking “desperate home sellers” using concessions in unaffordable markets. A second strand of her coverage focuses on relocation, remote work, and cheap cities as everyday economic strategies. She regularly uses rankings and lists, such as best and worst states to buy a home and Rising Stars of Real Estate, and reads city housing and migration shifts as signs of broader economic change.
Alec Lazenby
Alec Lazenby covers how provincial politics and government decisions shape housing, real estate and the wider social fabric. He reports for The Vancouver Sun from the provincial legislature. His work examines HousingHub, middle-income rentals, affordability, stalled projects, empty condos, developer layoffs, municipal housing targets and land use. He also covers health, addiction, safer supply, involuntary care, water rights, resource management, Indigenous rights and Crown land. Lazenby connects policy language to specific buildings, rents, projects, services and people. He explains financial, regulatory and market pressures, then follows how institutions, professionals, developers, municipalities and affected communities respond. His reporting tests government goals against practical outcomes and shows how policy reversals, construction costs, interest rates and political accountability shape housing and public life.
Amir Ali
Amir Ali links housing, disputes, and oddball neighbourhood stories in case-based, street-level reporting for Daily Hive. He holds a senior editorial and writing role, listed on the masthead as part of Vancouver leadership and described as a staff writer. His core beat is real estate, especially the rental market and housing affordability, tracking rent ranges, market shifts, and how pressures land on people trying to stay housed. He also covers crime, civil tribunals, and mental health, explaining decisions and conflicts in plain language that focuses on timelines, behaviour, and outcomes. Ali writes offbeat hyperlocal features, traffic and transport disruptions, business, food, and general local news, often turning infrastructure, small businesses, and civic systems into tangible stories. A former radio producer, he brings tight pacing and clear stakes to written pieces and maintains an active social media presence as a broadcaster and writer.