Housing
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The Coriolis Effect, Part I: Planning by Spreadsheet
Just because there’s a number on it, it doesn’t mean that the number was arrived at properly…people gather statistics. People choose...
By Erick Villagomez -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 087, Building housing with election planks
In this episode, with the election just weeks away, Spacing Senior Editor John Lorinc helps us weigh the pros and cons of the federal parties’...
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The housing sub-plot in the federal election
Though it seems like an eternity ago, Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives circa 2023-24 desperately wanted this election to be about the ruinous cost...
By John Lorinc -
The Broadway Plan Protects Displaced Renters. But Not All
Vancouver’s former Mayor Kennedy Stewart might’ve called the Broadway Plan tenant protections the “strongest” in Canada, but tenants say it’s important to...
By Christopher Cheung -
Non-profit housing is an economic no-brainer
Canada is acting quickly to reposition our trade economy to become more resilient, diverse and self-reliant. We need a similar re-calibration of Canada’s...
By cherise burda -
Toronto’s affordable housing crisis déjà vu
The lack of housing was so acute in Toronto in 1944 that the acting mayor, Robert H. Saunders, posted notices in newspapers warning families not to move...
By Ian Darragh -
I Love These Streets. Come Walk with Me
Photos by Kayla Isomura Looking at my house fills me with a quiet joy. She is painted in turquoise with a bright yellow door. Vines gives her a winsome...
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The Overhead: The Housing Crisis in Trump’s America
THIS EPISODE: The Housing Crisis in Trump’s America We can learn a lot about evictions and the housing crisis from cities in other countries, all...
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Book Review – City Science: Performance Follows Form
Authors: Ramon Gras and Jeremy Burke (Actar, 2024) Cities have long been at the intersection of art and science, blending architecture, engineering, and...
By Erick Villagomez -
When Settlers Seized and Set Fire to the Kitsilano Reserve
Many settlers in Vancouver had no idea that the land by the south end of the Burrard Bridge was once a village home to the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh people. When the...
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The Overhead: Tracking Evictions Across Canada
THIS EPISODE: Tracking Evictions Across Canada Evictions are a problem for renters across the country. As we explored in the last episode: part of...
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S101S: What Is a Development Pro Forma—and Why Should You Care?
A development pro forma is one of the most important (yet often overlooked) tools in real estate and urban planning. Think of it as the financial...
By Erick Villagomez