Senior housing researcher, University of Toronto School of Cities. Author, “Clara at the Door with a Revolver”(2023), “Home Truths: Fixing Canada’s Housing Crisis” ( 2024).
Carolyn Whitzman is a Canadian urban planner, community activist and author. She is a leading Canadian authority on housing and has worked in non-profit, government and academic sectors. She has received several awards for her work, and is the author of several books and peer-reviewed papers, also writing regularly for media outlets on these topics. .. more
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The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
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and Priya Perwani call for the creation of “at least 4.4 million affordable homes" to meet the target of 20 percent of our housing stock being affordable. maytree.com/publications...
by @theglobeandmail.com’s Erica Alini
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by @theglobeandmail.com’s Erica Alini
h/t @blairscorgie.bsky.social
Cc: @uoftcities.bsky.social @housingnowto.bsky.social @cwhitzman.bsky.social
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"We need to make people work for more years"
"We have to cut back on services, I'm sorry, there is just no other way"
"We have to cut benefits for young people"
never:
"We need to tax the rich"
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Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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33' lots.
Each floor plate is 24' x 56' and can have one "family size" 3Br flat, or two small units.
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