Vancouver, Canada - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

Answer the following about plans to increase affordability and density in response to housing shortages, for 10 points each.

[10h] In October 2023, this city’s mayor Ken Sim announced a plan to incentivize the construction of mixed-use “village” developments along SkyTrain lines to combat rising prices for multi-family dwellings in this city.

ANSWER: Vancouver, Canada

[10e] One approach driven by a pandemic-influenced decrease in demand involves converting this type of property where white-collar employees work, such as the former Pfizer headquarters in Manhattan, to residential property.

ANSWER: commercial property [or commercial real estate; accept office buildings]

[10m] To address the shortage of single-family homes, some politicians have targeted companies backed by these firms that include Blackstone and KKR. These firms invest in homes at scale solely for the purpose of renting them.

ANSWER: private equity firms [or PE firms or private equity funds; accept alternative investment managers; accept hedge funds; accept multi-asset investment funds]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	17.78	89%	56%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	14.44	100%	44%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	1	20.00	0%	100%	100%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	18.75	88%	75%	25%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	16.25	100%	63%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	23.33	100%	83%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	10	14.00	90%	50%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	14.44	89%	44%	11%

Data


Claremont A	UCLA E	0	10	0	10
UCLA D	UCLA B	0	10	0	10
UCSD	USC	0	10	10	20
Claremont C	Claremont B	0	10	10	20
UCLA A	UCLA C	0	10	10	20
RIT B	Binghamton A	10	10	10	30
Cornell G	Binghamton B	0	10	10	20
Binghamton C	U of Rochester B	0	10	10	20
Cornell D	Syracuse	10	10	0	20
Cornell C	Cornell E	0	10	0	10
Cornell F	Cornell A	10	10	10	30
ESF	U of Rochester A	0	10	0	10
Penn State	Cornell B	0	10	10	20
RIT C	RIT A	0	0	0	0
Chicago B	Illinois B	0	10	0	10
WashU B	Illinois A	0	10	0	10
Illinois C	WashU A	0	10	10	20
Northwestern B	Illinois D	0	10	0	10
Lehigh A	Rowan A	10	0	10	20
Lehigh A	Rowan A	10	0	10	20
Lehigh A	Bard A	10	0	10	20
Lehigh A	Bard A	10	0	10	20
NYU B	Bard A	0	10	10	20
Penn A	Columbia A	0	0	0	0
Fordham A	Columbia J	0	10	10	20
Lehigh A	Rowan A	10	10	10	30
Lehigh A	Rowan A	10	10	10	30
Lehigh A	Bard A	10	10	10	30
Lehigh A	Bard A	10	10	10	30
Rutgers B	Lehigh B	0	10	0	10
Penn B	NYU A	0	10	10	20
Maryland B	Princeton A	0	10	10	20
Rutgers A	Columbia B	10	10	10	30
Indiana	Iowa B	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame A	Purdue B	0	10	10	20
Chicago A	Notre Dame B	0	10	10	20
Purdue A	Purdue C	0	10	10	20
Iowa A	SIUE	0	10	0	10
CWRU A	Miami B	0	10	0	10
CWRU B	West Virginia B	0	10	10	20
Jefferson County Scholars	Michigan State B	0	10	0	10
Michigan B	Miami A	0	10	0	10
West Virginia A	Michigan State A	0	10	10	20
Michigan A	Ohio State A	0	10	10	20
Ohio State B	Miami C	0	10	10	20
CWRU C	Ohio State C	0	10	10	20
Arizona State B	Boise State	0	10	0	10
UBC B	Arizona State A	10	10	10	30
UW Chastity	UW Sloth	10	10	10	30
UW Envy	UW Gluttony	0	10	10	20
UW Greed	UW Pride	0	10	10	20
Alberta	UW Wrath	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech B	Furman	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Auburn B	0	10	0	10
Clemson A	Mississippi State A	0	10	10	20
Emory Oxford	Clemson B	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech E	Georgia A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Auburn C	0	10	0	10
Auburn A	Georgia Tech C	0	10	10	20
South Carolina A	Belmont	0	10	0	10
Emory A	Tennessee B	0	10	10	20
Tennessee A	Vanderbilt A	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt B	Southern	0	0	0	0
UNC A	Appalachian State A	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech A	Appalachian State B	0	10	10	20
Duke A	Liberty C	0	0	0	0
James Madison B	Duke B	0	10	0	10
UNC C	Liberty B	0	10	0	10
UNC B	Tusculum	0	10	10	20
William & Mary	VCU	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech B	James Madison A	0	10	0	10
Liberty A	Virginia	0	10	10	20