Vancouver Needs More Housing

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Image of the day: asking rents down 20% from peak in Metro Vancouver
Keaton Bessey on Twitter:
May 29 • Russil Wvong
Ken Sim retreats on multiplexes, overturns ban on gas heating
Running low on political capital?
May 28 • Russil Wvong
Competing views on growth and homelessness
Why is housing so scarce and expensive, and what should we do about it?
May 27 • Russil Wvong
Draft Villages Plan
More shops, services, and housing in low-density neighbourhoods
May 26 • Russil Wvong
Six-storey rental buildings aren't a gold mine
After subtracting construction costs, they're barely worth more than single-detached houses
May 25 • Russil Wvong
Video of the day: "Are we kind of being pricks?"
Marblehead, a Boston suburb, approves a housing plan that doesn't build any housing
May 22 • Russil Wvong
Vacancy chains in Honolulu
A new condo building freed up cheaper apartments
May 21 • Russil Wvong
Why is "non-residential investment" important?
Housing is a durable consumer good, like a stove
May 20 • Russil Wvong
Updates to Residential Rental Districts
Part two of "Fast-tracking rental housing"
May 19 • Russil Wvong
Image of the day: New Zealand economists on land-use restrictions and housing affordability
Prices reflect scarcity
May 15 • Russil Wvong
How to reduce costs
To make housing more affordable, we need to reduce costs
May 14 • Russil Wvong
Transport funding and decision-making in the UK vs. Europe
Centralized vs. local funding, decision-making, and capacity
May 13 • Russil Wvong
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