Sitemap - 2024 - Vancouver Needs More Housing
Image of the day: red vs. blue states
Patrick Condon thinks Vancouver doesn't need more market housing
Stephen Quinn interview with New West mayor Patrick Johnstone
Shawn Oaks: high-rises near Oak and 41st
Image of the day: "No Megatowers at Safeway! Yes to Affordable Housing!"
August 1: Christine Boyle fundraiser for the upcoming provincial election
The Historical Housing Prices Project
Image of the day: population growth by metro area
Immigration, labour shortages, and housing shortages
Office-to-residential conversions in Calgary
Making view cones less restrictive
Image of the day: areas of Toronto which are losing people
Low property taxes make it harder for younger people to own
Housing should be higher priority than design
Rupert and Renfrew Station Area Plan
Image of the day: new housing as investment
Vancouver housing targets and plan
Vancouver staff report on Transit-Oriented Development
Image of the day: "This town ain't big enough for the two of us"
First Vancouver multiplex gets permission to build
All the lights are flashing red, all the sirens are going off
Burnaby multiplexes: more permissive than Vancouver
Image of the day: 3D zoning map
Housing shortages across the rich world
Image of the day: poll on why housing is so expensive
Demographics and housing demand
Portland: construction costs and rents
Development charges in Ontario
Speaking notes for HUMA parliamentary committee
Image of the day: Texas vs. California
Another concrete strike appears on the way
Shrinkflation: Vancouver apartments are small because cost per square foot is high
Image of the day: downzoning in LA
Manville and Monkkonen on unwanted housing
Burlington cuts development charges on new housing
BC Conservatives on housing policy
Image of the day: renting vs. owning in the US
Calgary council approves infill housing policy
Vancouver missing housing completion targets
Image of the day: mismatch between housing and jobs in southern California
Limit on work hours for international students
Oh the Urbanity!: Edmonton is leading on housing reform
Federal funding for social housing will be redirected from Ontario to municipalities
Globe editorial: "The build-more ethos is (finally) gaining political ground"
Image of the day: high-rise opponents seeking shade
Single-family zoning: reserving land for the rich
Minnesota: 60-day permitting decisions
Kitsilano Missing Midrise Walking Tour
University Endowment Lands: multiplexes and apartments
Image of the day: central Toronto neighbourhoods losing population
Exasperation and impatience vs. fear and complacency
Vancouver staff report on provincial legislation
Image of the day: multiplex exclusions in the District of North Vancouver
Sydney: what if apartment buildings could be somewhat taller?
Ontario housing legislation: Bill 185
The overall federal housing plan
Image of the day: 2022 rezoning applications
Austin: building more housing, rents falling
Reducing the number of public hearings
Image of the day: change in Metro Vancouver households by income bracket, 2016-2021
BC: inclusionary zoning guidelines
Federal government ties $6B infrastructure funding to housing reforms
Tom Davidoff on "local democracy" resulting in housing scarcity
When Covid hit, housing scarcity spilled over
Population growth: from >1M to 350,000
All the lights are flashing red, all the sirens are going off
Image of the day: Coal Harbour Elementary School
Jake Anbinder on the 1970s shift to local control
What do city councillors do all day?
Calgary: delaying tactic fails
Image of the day: multiplex applications in Vancouver
Blueprint for More and Better Housing
In January, San Francisco approved six homes
UCSF study: homeless people in California are from California
Image of the day: Vancouver vs. Paris
Oh the Urbanity!: Density follows demand
West Point Grey Safeway proposal, 450 market rentals, 115 non-market
Housing Accelerator update, week 25
Image of the day: new apartment construction
Poilievre takes another swipe at Eby
Repost: What the cost bottleneck looks like
Housing Accelerator summary, week 24
Image of the day: housing permits in US cities
Ottawa matches funding for BC Builds
Housing Accelerator update, week 23
Image of the day: city of Vancouver vs. Metro
Texas: lots of supply is pushing down rents
BC Builds: middle-income public housing
Housing Accelerator update, week 22
Image of the day: vacancy rates in the GTA
Cape Breton University and the international student cap
$15B in new funding for social housing
Housing Accelerator update, week 21
Image of the day: vacancy rates in October 2023
Ontario colleges flooded the system
CityHallWatch on Reddit mobilization
Speaking notes for 2015 Main Street
Housing Accelerator update, week 20
Image of the day: land cost per square metre of floor space in Auckland
Marc Miller imposes province-wide caps on international student numbers
Speaking notes: Jericho Lands policy statement
2015 Main Street: a 25-storey rental building close to SkyTrain
Housing Accelerator update, week 19
Image of the day: housing starts by form
Why is housing so scarce and expensive?
We need to fix the problem regardless of who's to blame
Housing Accelerator update, week 18
Image of the day: impact if Vancouver and Victoria adopt BC's multiplex policy
Harmonizing elevator regulations
Why are Vancouver's property taxes so low?
Homeowners fear change to their neighbourhood, not falling prices
Housing Accelerator update, week 17
Image of the day: outmigration from BC