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@thebikinglawyer.bsky.social is on point!!

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Business: We would like to open up shop in this empty storefront. City: Not so fast, first we convene a kangaroo court in a several month long process to determine if you are deemed worthy, then we will laden you with months of permit wait time, and after renovations you will wait for inspections.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

(trying to follow too many news stories at once) black smoke means the cardinals aren't raising the interest rate

submitted 2 days ago • 13 comments

Los Angeles' park fee schedule: if you build a mansion in an RE (Residential Estate) zone, you pay $4,324. But if you build an apartment building in an R5 zone, you pay $12,525 per unit. Makes sense, very equitable!

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

People in older, central neighbourhoods often fight against density because “we’re dense enough already”. We need to reckon with the consequences of that: pushing people out to the suburbs to have longer commutes, worse amenities, mandatory car ownership. It makes the central city more exclusive.

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

Ride a bike they said, it'll be fun they said! Kidding, we embrace and celebrate the radicalization. If only the anti-bike lane folks would take a ride in our shoes, we're certain their perspectives would change. It's the humanity of it. As always, genius 📷 by @tomflood.bsky.social

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

I'm sorry it's so funny for a computer scientist to say "I teach computer science and politics has no place in it" Well unlike you I do research with the people who are deepest trapped inside the computers and they will not STOP talking politics to me

submitted 6 days ago • 10 comments

Why did nobody tell me about Census Mapper, this is amazing

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

Never forget that when Seoul, Korea removed the Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003 and replaced it with a restored stream, 1000 acre park and improved public transit, not only did it TRANSFORM the city’s public life and economic success, but the car traffic got better. The car traffic got BETTER.

submitted 6 days ago • 21 comments

My wife was explaining to someone that she was a litigator, and I interrupted with “huh, I thought you were a talk-o-dile, I can never tell them apart” and the look I got suggests I may not be long for this world.

submitted 8 days ago • 52 comments

The City says it wants more non-market housing, but its own rules make non-profit development smaller and more expensive. In our blog by Hongyu Xiao, we argue that to build non-market housing at scale, we have to find more ways to say "yes" to more homes. www.moreneighbours.ca/news/mnto-gi...

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Never forget, the truth about a city’s aspirations isn’t found in its vision. It’s found in its budget. I’ve been trumpeting this important message for many years, but what’s important is we’re writing policy into city plans that specifically REQUIRE the transparent alignment of vision and budget.

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments

Put another way, when there are lots of vacant apartments, landlords have to compete with each other to attract tenants. When there are few vacant apartments, tenants compete for them. It'd be pretty extraordinary if this relationship did not generally hold.

submitted 9 days ago • 5 comments

The attacks on 338 continue today, this time in Eastern Canada :-( Use the French version of the site, which is up and running: qc125.com/canada/distr...

submitted 12 days ago • 47 comments

Hi I’m a professional YouTuber and I’m starting to have sponsors back out of contracts because tariffs. I’ve done well for many years and I’m not worried about myself; I merely offer this information as an anecdotal indicator.

submitted 12 days ago • 13 comments

Yesterday, The Star had an expert saying "above market rent" and today a mortgage broker is acting like new builds doesn't affect the price of old homes. You can't build more old homes. But, if you build new homes, the people who buy them don't move into old homes, reducing demand and lower prices.

submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments

Coming October 21st... "Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile." A new book about how cars ruin everything and what we can do to fight back. Pre-order here: www.lifeaftercars.com

submitted 17 days ago • 58 comments

Condo sales are down but some are being converted to rental. Why? Mentioned in the article: interest rates, a city rental incentive program. Not mentioned: rental HST removed by feds and province, reduced DCs for 2- and 3-bedroom rentals by province. Policy matters! www.thestar.com/real-estate/...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Incredible to me that this is happening when San Antonio: - Did not ban institutional investors. - Has not banned RealPage. - Did not crack down on landlords intentionally keeping units vacant (and writing off losses.) - Has not enacted rent control. - Has not mandated inclusionary zoning.

submitted 18 days ago • 11 comments

High housing prices and homelessness are a policy choice that we are free to stop making at any time.

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Voting with housing in mind this election? We've made a handy guide on what the parties plan to do to build more homes. Full details and methodology at morehomescanada.ca/election2025. #cdnpoli

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

Investigation: What Mark Carney Won't Say About Brookfield www.canadaland.com/podcast/inve...

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs less to house people.

submitted 27 days ago • 44 comments

Cities are you listening? No one should have to loose a friend, loved one or family member to traffic violence like I did with my 20-year-old daughter Robyn while they were bicycling. #robynavrilhightman

submitted 26 days ago • 4 comments

L'avantage majeur de l'antiparochí — la politique qui a réglé la crise du logement à Athènes — est qu'une entente mutuelle entre propriétaires et promoteurs immobiliers permet à ces derniers de ne pas débourser d'argent pour l'achat d'un terrain.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

This piece lays out a fascinating long-term vision - Canada needs critical mass to innovate, reduce infrastructure costs, and create economic resilience. But the execution of immigration policy has been reactionary, profit-driven, and poorly planned. @thewalrus.ca | thewalrus.ca/the-case-for...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

New MMI piece, and it's a bit of a hot take. The reluctance of Ontario municipalities to debt finance infrastructure ends up costing us all more in the long-run. Read here: www.missingmiddleini...

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

rebranding the 15 min city.

submitted 37 days ago • 49 comments

The purpose of American (and Canadian) zoning is to make housing more expensive

submitted 40 days ago • 2 comments

the most baffling: even when i do the math in front of them, some people refuse to believe that the shitty rundown 1960s apartments wedged between the train tracks and the highway pay way more in property taxes per sq ft than a million+ dollar house in the same town

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

If city council/planners actually planned for affordability, they’d ban mansions, not apartments. They’d have lot size maximums, not lot size minimums. They’d have higher fees per sq ft of mansion, not apartments. They’d charge the rich in mansions more, not everyone else in apartments.

submitted 40 days ago • 19 comments

PUMPCRETE: GOD’s BRUTALISM MACHINE

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

a better world is possible

submitted 41 days ago • 8 comments

Help me tell Stantec to rip up their agreement with the province before they try to rip out our bike lanes. nwmd.social/s/twitter/5w...

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THIS IS NOT HOW SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. Re-upping @lizthegrey.com 's op-ed about the danger DOGE's approach poses. She has years of experience making sure IT systems work as they should. thebulletin.org/2025/02/why-...

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment