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Image of the day: family assistance to first-time homebuyers in the UK
Another source of inequality
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A memorial for Toronto city councillor Jaye Robinson
"The housing crisis and its architects"
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BC Supreme Court: Langley Township's CAC policy is invalid
A landmark decision that may be appealed
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San Jose rejects 135 apartments
Would replace an old office building that's been abandoned for years
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Market rents dropping in the GTA
A boom-and-bust cycle: starts are low but completions are still high
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Image of the day: land readjustment in Japan
How do you build roads and infrastructure when land ownership is fragmented?
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Speaking notes for 2158 West 1st Avenue
A rental high-rise in Kitsilano
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Jacob Anbinder: origins of anti-growth ideology in Democratic cities
Beyond NIMBYism: antigrowth activism, political ideology, and the origins of the housing crisis
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Safeway megatowers passes rezoning
Sean Orr (COPE) voted No, Pete Fry (Green Party) abstained
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Repost: Municipal incentives are backwards
Urbanarium debate: "The province is right to assert its powers over land use"
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Image of the day: doubling up
A measure of how much more housing we need
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Marc Dunkelman, Why Nothing Works
Progressives in the 1960s and 1970s created institutions which paralyze government
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