Politics
The delicate dance of governing Sidewalk Lab’s Quayside project
By John Lorinc
Three-and-a-half months after The Great Re-Set trimmed the sails of everyone’s favorite smart city villain, Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan... Read More
Vancouver’s Rents and Incomes: A Critical Analysis
By Jens
Our housing crisis is fundamentally a rental crisis. As such, it’s important to keep the numbers straight so that we can better focus... Read More
Understanding Affordability: A Partial Picture
By Erick Villagomez
Click here to enlarge the graph. Fair and affordable housing is a basic right for all New Yorkers and all Americans. Nydia Velazquez... Read More
In defense of Toronto becoming a charter city
By Doug Earl
This column is in response to Professor Zack Taylor’s analysis of Toronto becoming a Charter City on Spacing In an opinion... Read More
Release: Save Ron Thom’s 1962 Forrest House in West Vancouver Petition
By Spacing
Please sign this petition to save the famous Canadian architect Ron Thom’s 1962 Forrest House in West Vancouver which is slated... Read More
LORINC: John Tory’s tax hike and the myth of the electoral mandate
By John Lorinc
In his column on the weekend, the Globe and Mail’s Marcus Gee took Mayor John Tory to task for committing an electoral... Read More
LORINC: What exactly does ‘affordable housing’ mean in Toronto?
By John Lorinc
With the unveiling yesterday of the City’s ten-year “Housing Opportunities Toronto” (HOT) action plan, Mayor John Tory and city... Read More
Dear Toronto: We need to talk about city charters
By Zack Taylor
Is the answer to Toronto’s problems a city charter? According to the aptly named Charter City Toronto, it is. From my perspective, the... Read More
Transportation tech bros need to listen to the Vision Zero folks
By Tricia Wood
When we talk about Smart Cities, which seems to be all the time now, we hear about tensions between public governance and corporate... Read More
Housing Central 2019: Creating A Culture of Belonging and Inclusion
By Ulduz Maschaykh
This year’s Housing Central Conference may have been the most comprehensive, versatile and multifaceted to date. From Sunday... Read More