Housing
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LORINC: What’s so scary about six-plexes?
When I look out my office window, trying to think up a lede, I find myself staring at the grey-stuccoed side-wall of a house kitty corner to mine, which...
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Entitled to Flip
In Vancouver today, rezoning doesn’t necessarily mean building. Increasingly, it means something else: securing entitlements — legal permissions that...
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The Trifecta of Control: Stealth. Speed. Complexity.
In the 1960s, planning decisions in Vancouver—like many North American cities—were made behind closed doors. Freeways bulldozed working-class...
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The Overhead: Non-Profit Housing and Gentle Density
THIS EPISODE: Non-Profit Housing and Gentle Density In the federal election just passed, we heard many big ideas about how to tackle the housing crisis...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 088, Big City Mayor Takes on Canadian Housing
In this episode, with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pick of former Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson as Minister of Housing and Infrastructure, we...
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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 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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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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The Overhead: Security for Renters
THIS EPISODE: Security for Renters For renters, security of tenure — the ability to stay in a home without fear of being destabilized by eviction — is...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 085, City accounting for global chaos
With Justin Trudeau stepping down as Prime Minister and the very real possibility of an federal election, Premier Doug Ford mulling over a snap provincial...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 084, Two housing carols
This time of year, with the temperature below freezing, it feels appropriate to talk about housing. So, we’re bringing you two conversations with...
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The Overhead: Preserving Community
THIS EPISODE: Preserving Community We’re pleased to bring you another season of The Overhead, and we begin by checking back on a topic we’ve...
By Spacing Radio