Housing
REID: Shadows and light – a longstanding debate
By Dylan Reid
It’s an argument, it turns out, that has been going on for centuries. When new tall or mid-rise buildings are discussed, one of the... Read More
OP-ED: Look to co-op housing to address Canada’s affordability crisis
By Margaret Kohn
The cost of housing doesn’t have to be exorbitant, but it will stay that way as long as the government continues to stimulate the... Read More
What You Should Know about Vancouver’s New City Plan
By Christopher Cheung
By Christopher Cheung and Jen St. Denis It’s here at last — Vancouver’s long-awaited plan that will guide land-use decisions from... Read More
The Jericho Lands Need a Human-Scaled Rethink
By scothein
Vancouver is destined to have a new neighbourhood on its west side, one so densely populated that Council recently approved routing... Read More
LORINC: The horrible lies of Pierre Poilievre’s real estate lessons
By John Lorinc
Why do we have a housing crisis? Let me count the ways: Low interest rates, restrictive zoning, permissive zoning, contractor... Read More
OP-ED: Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force pushes for private sector power over true affordability
By Heather Breeze, Mona Dai, and Samuel Ganton
Written on behalf of The Architecture Lobby Toronto/Tkaronto (TAL-TO). TAL-TO is a volunteer-run collective working to improve the... Read More
Too Obsessed with ‘Character’ Homes?
By Christopher Cheung
Go to just about any Vancouver council meeting or public hearing to do with urban growth and you can bet someone will say that change... Read More
LORINC: Unspooling the rhetoric about ‘red tape’ and urban planning
By John Lorinc
There are few things more certain about political rhetoric than the appearance of conservative shibboleths about “red... Read More
Finding the Missing Middle in Unexpected Places: Cornwall, Ontario’s Permissive Zoning
By Alex Gatien
Urbanist discourse of recent years has commonly turned to reviving the Missing Middle as one means of remedying the skyrocketing cost... Read More
Optimizing Social Connection: An Interview with Saif Khan
By Ulduz Maschaykh
[EDITOR’S NOTE: It is with the heaviest heart that we at Spacing Vancouver inform readers of the unexpected passing of Ulduz... Read More