Re: "Foreign ownership helps drive dysfunctional housing market," Jan. 18.
Mark Hasiuk neglected to mention another downside to foreign ownership. Most of these buyers are really purchasing a lot. They typically engage in the unneighbourly and ungreen practice of demolishing the original house and razing the trees and gardens. As these original homes dating from the '20s, '30s and '40s go down, the character of our older neighbourhoods is effectively erased. This is an irretrievable loss to our city's heritage.
Caroline Adderson, Vancouver
