Cheap short-term accommodation in downtown Vancouver

There's a fairly new YHA/HI on Granville which is one of the main drags right downtown. I haven't stayed there but years ago I made both the previous downtown YHA/HI (less central than the new one) and the Jericho Beach hostels home for longer than you're talking about.

I was there in 1991 and 1995/1996 and a few times for shorter visits. At the time all the hostels in the vicinity of East Hastings were extremely dodgy and there was a steady stream of people moving to the YHA/HI's who had had all their stuff stolen. Hopefully this is no longer the case but be wary.

I did also stay in the YHA/HI on Granville, but would rather suggest the YHA in Davie Village, still pretty central but very quiet and much cleaner.

Granville is one of those old 1920's hotels and get all the party noise during weekends, the furniture in the lobby is very worn out and the rooms and lobby feel very small and narrow, hallways are also very dark.

The one in Davie Village is pretty much the opposite: larger and brighter rooms, good kitchen and dining area, tv room, reading room, game room, less people, everything feels much cleaner and new - especially if you just came from Granville Hostel...