Thanks for sharing, Russil - I'd love to share the details of these zoning changes and challenge much of the narrative and discourse about Burnaby's clawbacks, but suspect there are tons of small differences in lot sizes and expected profit margins.
Do you feel there's anything uniquely different about Edmonton's approach that can't be enacted in Metro Vancouver? I can't say I've seen ANY photos in Burnaby of such a reasonably spaced townhome as shown in Jacob's photo.
"Do you feel there's anything uniquely different about Edmonton's approach that can't be enacted in Metro Vancouver?"
To me there's two big questions when allowing more infill housing. One is infrastructure capacity. As Jacob points out, there's Edmonton neighbourhoods which have been *shrinking* in population, so there's no question of capacity. Deny Sullivan's observation is that housing is far more expensive than water and sewer infrastructure, so restricting housing instead of upgrading infrastructure is penny-wise and pound-foolish. https://morehousing.ca/big-dog
Thanks for sharing!
Just saw a Mastodon post the other day about umm...Austin? Somewhere that did serious construction, and lo and behold, rents dropped.
Russil, I hope your insane productivity levels include an overall survey one day, of various cities that are getting results (or not...)
Maybe this graph? "Austin, TX - Rental Market Correction" https://www.reddit.com/r/yimby/comments/1q4eiyv/austin_rent_prices_have_now_declined_to/
Thanks for sharing, Russil - I'd love to share the details of these zoning changes and challenge much of the narrative and discourse about Burnaby's clawbacks, but suspect there are tons of small differences in lot sizes and expected profit margins.
Do you feel there's anything uniquely different about Edmonton's approach that can't be enacted in Metro Vancouver? I can't say I've seen ANY photos in Burnaby of such a reasonably spaced townhome as shown in Jacob's photo.
"Do you feel there's anything uniquely different about Edmonton's approach that can't be enacted in Metro Vancouver?"
To me there's two big questions when allowing more infill housing. One is infrastructure capacity. As Jacob points out, there's Edmonton neighbourhoods which have been *shrinking* in population, so there's no question of capacity. Deny Sullivan's observation is that housing is far more expensive than water and sewer infrastructure, so restricting housing instead of upgrading infrastructure is penny-wise and pound-foolish. https://morehousing.ca/big-dog
The other is the potential for political backlash, as happened in Burnaby and in Calgary, but didn't happen in Edmonton, despite stories like this: https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/lorne-gunter-edmonton-councils-progressive-infill-policy-an-attack-on-existing-homeowners