Tag: affordable-housing
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Letter to Vancouver on Broadway Plan mass rezoning, TOAs, housing, planning
In a continuation of efforts calling for a housing reset at all levels of government, a group of urbanists sent a joint letter on September 12, 2025, to City of Vancouver Mayor Sim and Councillors entitled “Broadway Plan Rezoning and Transit Oriented Areas Policy.” This precedes two major Council decisions in the coming days, a Public Hearing September 16 on…
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Submission on 2025 Build Canada Homes ‘Market Sounding Guide’
On August 28, 2025, a group of 28 Metro Vancouver region-based group of urbanists, urban planners, architects, and UBC/SFU academics — most with decades of experience, some with a background in development — submitted their comments to the federal government in response to a request for feedback on the 2025 Build Canada Homes’ Market Sounding…
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Letter to B.C. Premier and Housing Minister
(August 14, 2025) In a continuation of efforts calling for a housing reset at all levels of government, a group of 27 urbanists sent a joint letter to B.C. Premier David Eby and B.C. Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs Christine Boyle, expressing concerns regarding provincial housing policy, offering concrete suggestions, and requesting a meeting in person. The letter…
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Letter to Prime Minister and Housing Minister
In the context of fast-moving discussions on housing policy at the federal, provincial and municipal levels, a group of 27 experts on July 22, 2025, sent a joint letter to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Federal Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Gregor Robertson expressing concerns and suggestions. The letter is entitled “Advancing Housing Affordability…
Housing Reset 