Housing Vancouver

Why Vancouver Needs an ‘Affordability Bank’

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Vancouver needs an Affordability Bank. Here’s what that would be: A new policy that allows people choosing to build new single-family... Read More

Housing Toronto

LORINC: How reducing development charges will spur the ‘missing middle’

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While city council tries to figure out how to confront a made-in-Toronto housing affordability crisis, Ontario’s Progressive... Read More

Features Vancouver

Redesigning Cities to Support Seniors Stuck in Suburban Sprawl

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Rasiklal Joshi never took the bus. He always drove — until he reached his 80s and his doctor told him to stop. “I tried to persuade my... Read More

Film & Video Vancouver

Video Vancouver: Delft – spoor en centrum

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Via small places: It’s been said that the Netherlands is both a dense country and a sprawling city, but neither is quite right... Read More

Film & Video Vancouver

Video Vancouver: What is Zoning?

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Produced by the City of Vancouver Regulation Redesign Project Team Read More

Housing Toronto

LORINC: Will this council actually fix Toronto’s housing crisis?

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If you did the blink test on last fall’s municipal election (disregarding all the static created by Doug Ford’s intervention), it... Read More

Politics Vancouver

How a Smart, Progressive Property Tax Could Ease Our Housing Crisis

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Guest author: Patrick Condon Does Vancouver need a new kind of tax on land? City council thinks it might, so has asked city staff to... Read More

Toronto

PODST: Spacing Radio 030, Toronto 2033 – Stories

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To celebrate Spacing‘s 15th anniversary, and the launch of “Toronto 2033: 10 short stories about the city’s... Read More

Culture Toronto

Life on the Line: Light in the Tunnel

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (Alex Garant, “Midnight”) By Sarah Ratzlaff For... Read More

Transit Toronto

Is good regional transit planning impossible?

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Image: Christof Spieler, Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of U.S. Transit, Island Press. The recent news from Vancouver is... Read More

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