Housing
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Vancouver’s Villages Debate in Plain English
If you’ve heard people talking about Vancouver’s proposed Villages Plan and wondered what all the fuss is about, you’re not alone. The...
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UCS: The First 100 (Video)
The Urban Cartoon Syndicate launched in May 2024 and reached the hundredth cartoon last week. We mark this milestone by packing them all into a one-minute...
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I’m Voting for Neighbourhoods. Are You?
I believe that Vancouver is, first and foremost, a “City of Distinguished Neighbourhoods”, and that Vancouver neighbourhoods are poised to...
By scothein -
THE OVERHEAD: When Policy Pauses Public Ownership
THIS EPISODE: When Policy Pauses Public Ownership We’ve spoken a lot about community land trusts in this series, and it’s been gaining...
By Spacing Radio -
From Exception to Entitlement
Vancouver is once again asking a familiar question: how tall should the city grow? Framed through the City’s ongoing review of the Higher Buildings...
By Erick Villagomez -
The Overhead: What We’ve Learned About Evictions
THIS EPISODE: What We’ve Learned About Evictions The Balanced Supply of Housing research node was formed to imagine real, working solutions to the...
By Spacing Radio -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 094, The Landlords
We’ve covered a lot of research about housing with out special series The Overhead. But on the main feed, we’re bringing you two perspectives...
By Spacing Radio -
UCS #89: The Multiplexes #1
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Multiplexes...
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UCS #90: The Multiplex #2
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Multiplexes...
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Adjusting the Committee of Adjustment
Blair Scorgie is a Toronto-based Registered Professional Planner and Urban Designer. He is the Managing Principal of Scorgie Planning, and a Sessional...
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The Overhead: Rent Control and Rent Hikes
THIS EPISODE: Rent Control and Rent Hikes In Ontario, we have rent control on buildings occupied before November 15, 2018. That means the landlords for...
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Reconciliation as Development Strategy
In recent years, Indigenous histories, place names, and knowledge systems have moved from the margins of urban development into its foreground. Land...
By Erick Villagomez