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AMI’s ‘No Vacancy: Vancouver’s Housing Crisis’ documentary nominated for MIPCOM diversity award

TORONTO — Accessible Media Inc.’s original documentary No Vacancy: Vancouver’s Housing Crisis has been shortlisted for a MIPCOM Diversify TV Excellence Award in the Representation of Disability – Non-Scripted category, AMI announced Thursday.In No Vacancy: Vancouver’s Housing Crisis, reporter Grant Hardy investigates the impact of Metro Vancouver’s housing crisis on people with disabilities and how it is challenging city planners, architects and governments. Through tenants such as Johnny Tai, who is blind, and Eric Boisvert, who has multiple sclerosis, viewers learn the real struggle faced by Canadians living in Vancouver. In the documentary, Hardy also explores the solutions being tested...