In news that will likely surprise no one, the Broadway-Commercial Safeway rezoning has once again been delayed. While the applicant has decided to submit yet another revised proposal, the reason for this decision hasn’t been revealed. #Vancouver #VanRe

It is very, very hard to get good urbanism when crime is high. (And crime is high in pretty much every U.S. city, compared to cities in other developed nations.)

BIG NEWS: NY State leaders agree on landmark, bipartisan plan to help counter the collapse of community news – $30 million in employment tax credits for news outlets. First in the nation. Most significant state effort yet.

I sold this 6-storey condo site to Wesgroup Properties which is now pouring concrete. Moving full speed through City, here is how long the process takes:

2019: Site purchased
2020: Rezoning app
2021: Rezoning approval
2022: DP app
2023: DP/BP/construction start
2025: Completion/occupancy

I was just named Data Journalist of the Year! I won the award for what the judges called 'pioneering' work using satellites to cover war. Huge thanks go my colleagues at The Economist who make my work possible. More here thepressawards.com/results-2024

Built in only 7 months utilizing prefabricated mass-timber, the Strandparken Building by Wingårdhs are apartments containing:

•8 stories
•34 apartments
•ranging in size from 1 to 4 bedrooms
•2 point access blocks

Dan Fumano: Vancouver developers colouring outside the lines advancing 'non-compliant' projects vancouversun.com/opinion/column… via The Vancouver Sun

As of today, at least 35 high-rise towers with about 7,000 rental homes are proposed in the Broadway Plan area of Vancouver.

More than Senakw's 6,000 units.

These projects are near #SkyTrain stations.

And there's many more to come. #TOD #vanpoli #vanre
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The Vacant Home Tax is meant to make more homes available for people. But it’s clear the program as it was designed in 2021 needs major changes.

As mayor, I am committed to making sure this tool to tackle the housing crisis achieves its goals. 1/2

'We’ve been sleepwalking into an arms race on our streets'

New from me: a collection of advocacy groups is calling for measures to rein in the dangers posed by pick-ups and mega-SUVs
theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

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Tomorrow is the deadline to apply for the Goff Penny Awards!

Join an esteemed group of past winners, including Zak Vescera Victoria Gibson Daniel Dale and our own Zane Schwartz

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I'm sure many in Vancouver are asking themselves questions about the way transit-oriented density is working here, where Broadway renters facing massive change but development along Canada Line was confined to street front of Cambie -- maybe should be 10 blocks either side there?

Toronto Council meets today! Their agenda includes the vacant home tax, parking tickets, the vacant home tax, Airbnb regulation, and the vacant home tax. Did I mention the vacant home tax?

Streaming live here. I will tweet happenings. youtube.com/watch?v=KORc6_…

🙌 Multiplex update: we've now accepted 103 development permit applications for new #multiplexes , totaling approximately 446 new homes throughout Vancouver's low-density neighbourhoods.

#VancouverHousing #HousingFirst #HousingForAll

All communities, wealthy or not, have a role to play in helping address housing challenges.

Thank you City of Vancouver for the work to align with our legislation. This is a step in the right direction. We hope all local govs align with our site standards to see more homes built

New indoor P ublic art at 1090 West Pender.

REI Reports Record Sales of Affordable Housing: tinyurl.com/yff8jp8v

Come join me at Investigative Journalism Foundation this summer! We're hiring *PAID* intern reporters and other positions, working anywhere in Canada. theijf.org/careers

Developer subsidizing residents' transit use at Vancouver rental building bc.ctvnews.ca/developer-subs…

Opinion: Higher density living is changing the way neighbouring works in Canada dlvr.it/T5c5XF