Housing
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Housing as a Human Right: Miloon Kothari at the MOV
When Fidel Castro took power over Cuba, the country experienced major changes in its housing policies. Evictions of tenants were prohibited and their...
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Event: The Big Conversation—The Future of Housing in Vancouver, June 17th
Via City of Vancouver: City invites public to join the big conversation to help shape new housing strategy Date: July 17, 2017 Time: 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM...
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Vienna Model: Lessons of Inclusivity
Cities can be entities of inspiration for other cities to do better. While Vancouver is a haven for real estate developers, speculators and landowners...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Visual Thoughts #64
Last VT image: Highway underpass – Coquitlam, BC. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator...
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10 Common Ground Principles for Affordable Housing
When it comes to affordable housing, are there some principles we can all agree on? Last year, Generation Squeeze – a political lobby for...
By Jillian Glover -
EVENT: Jane’s Walk, Burnabyism: Envisioning 52,600 people in Brentwood
Burnabyism: Envisioning 52,600 people in Brentwood (Gilmore SkyTrain Station) WHEN: May 6, 2017, 2:30 PM, LENGTH: 2 Hours About This Walk The population...
By Spacing -
Release: REFBC Building Change report released
People live in places. The places that we build – small towns, communities, cities, suburbs – all have impacts on our environment and on shared resources...
By Spacing -
VIDEO: The “Missing Middle” in Vancouver’s Housing Density Debate
Via The Tyee: When you think of high urban density, you might think of big land assembly projects that end up in blockbusting towers. It doesn’t have to...
By Yuri Artibise -
The Beginning of the Vancouver Special Revolution
It’s important to keep pre-existing buildings until they have outlived their usefulness. This makes sense economically, environmentally and culturally...
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Release: Free UBC online edX course – Ecodesign for Cities and Suburbs, April 4th
ECODESIGN FOR CITIES AND SUBURBS A New Free Internet Course Offered on edX by the University of British Columbia Architects, urban planners, real-estate...
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Audacious Planning: Takeaways from the 2017 UBC SCARP Student Symposium
The 9th annual UBC SCARP Student Symposium took place on Friday, March 3rd at the AMS Nest on the UBC Campus. This year’s theme was audacity...
By Yuri Artibise -
11 Milestones that will Shape Vancouver’s Future
What are the significant events, activities and decisions in 2016 that will shape Vancouver’s future? Earlier this fall, the Vancouver City Planning...
By Jillian Glover