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1. Ford must back up housing rhetoric with concrete policies

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, January 3, 2019 As a new year approaches, the Ford government recently vowed to tackle housing affordability by growing the housing supply and asking the public for input on how to reduce regulatory barriers to homebuilding. As ...

2. The most tangible threats to cities are manmade

   Although best known to Canadians as Halloween, October 31 is also World Cities Day —a time to think a bit, between the candy and costumes, about why cities are important and some key challenges they face. Canada is an urban country, with ...

3. Three 'housing' priorities for Vancouver’s new mayor and city council

   Mayor-elect Kennedy Stewart wants to reach 85,000 new housing units over 10 years. ...

4. Toronto's changing whether you like it or not—might as well be for the better

   Appeared in the Toronto Star, October 8, 2018 As the election looms, housing affordability is the number one issue in Toronto. According to polling by Forum Research, it’s eclipsed the city’s notorious gridlock as the biggest concern. Which is no surprise ...

5. More duplexes in Vancouver—one small step in the right direction

   Vancouver City Hall has certainly caught on to the fact that there’s plenty of room to grow in British Columbia’s biggest city. This week, at the city’s last council meeting before October’s municipal election, outgoing Mayor Gregor ...

6. Vancouver—where dynamic people and stagnant governments collide

   It’s fair to say that Vancouver considers itself a dynamic place. Provincial and local governments alike tout the Lower Mainland as a great place to live, visit and do business—with a rising tech hub, where new ideas flourish. But, while ...

7. Ontario throne speech ignores housing affordability

   In the Greater Toronto Area, home prices are 50 per cent higher than they were during Ontario’s last election in 2014. ...

8. It’s possible to build our way to housing affordability

   Housing continues to make headlines across the country, with many Canadians lamenting the high cost of homes particularly in our big cities. And yet, the best way to maintain broad affordability in prized housing markets is to build a ...

9. A lagging housing supply drives Ontario’s affordability woes

   The Wynne government almost exclusively targeted housing demand—not supply. ...

10. B.C. throne speech—government vows action on high house prices, but ignores their cause

    The British Columbia government dedicated a significant portion of its recent throne speech to “solutions for housing.” In particular, the speech focused on the “threat” posed by “speculators” and the need to spend more on social housing ...