Andrew
@andrewjd.bsky.social
Enjoyer of cities and communities, talking and advocating around housing, public and active transportation, and progressive issues, interspersed with hobbies and joy.
I lived this: shared a 3bed house in Kitchener w 2ppl. When covid hit, LL worried about renting, & sold...
To a couple I knew, who'd given up waiting on a nearby denser development to provide their family home; it being NIMBY'd to eventual death directly lead to them buying my rental & evicting me.
To a couple I knew, who'd given up waiting on a nearby denser development to provide their family home; it being NIMBY'd to eventual death directly lead to them buying my rental & evicting me.
November 16, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I lived this: shared a 3bed house in Kitchener w 2ppl. When covid hit, LL worried about renting, & sold...
To a couple I knew, who'd given up waiting on a nearby denser development to provide their family home; it being NIMBY'd to eventual death directly lead to them buying my rental & evicting me.
To a couple I knew, who'd given up waiting on a nearby denser development to provide their family home; it being NIMBY'd to eventual death directly lead to them buying my rental & evicting me.
The difference being they'll find either 3bed, but there's a chance renters can outbid, while that almost never happens for owned units. Ultimately, I'm just pro supply, so whether the original kid density map is owned or rented houses, I'd much rather see denser forms with far more bedrooms.
November 16, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The difference being they'll find either 3bed, but there's a chance renters can outbid, while that almost never happens for owned units. Ultimately, I'm just pro supply, so whether the original kid density map is owned or rented houses, I'd much rather see denser forms with far more bedrooms.
It's got a lot to consider for sure, but if a single example is a 3bed owned option houses 2 richer folks, but as rental houses 3 less rich folks, wouldn't it both mean you're housing more, & serving a greater need, since there are more less-rich folks than rich ones, & they're likelier underhoused?
November 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
It's got a lot to consider for sure, but if a single example is a 3bed owned option houses 2 richer folks, but as rental houses 3 less rich folks, wouldn't it both mean you're housing more, & serving a greater need, since there are more less-rich folks than rich ones, & they're likelier underhoused?
So the deduction is the same, even if the reasoning might be different. It feels like if in that scene on the Titanic, the biggest worry was needing more boats for ten rich folks to share, rather than more boats full of vastly more people, when boats, like land/amenities/capital/labour, are limited.
November 16, 2025 at 3:24 AM
So the deduction is the same, even if the reasoning might be different. It feels like if in that scene on the Titanic, the biggest worry was needing more boats for ten rich folks to share, rather than more boats full of vastly more people, when boats, like land/amenities/capital/labour, are limited.
Most cities, really. The opposition to turning a single family home adjacent Canada's densest amenity hub is always much more than crickets for a 20 storey rental becoming an 80 storey build. Displacement for some, miniature relics to the city of two centuries ago for others.
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Most cities, really. The opposition to turning a single family home adjacent Canada's densest amenity hub is always much more than crickets for a 20 storey rental becoming an 80 storey build. Displacement for some, miniature relics to the city of two centuries ago for others.
👍. Seems if one seeks to house folk, near-universal truth is rentals house more than owned.
& folk saying no one wants bachelors & 1beds might be directed to note that's the spot owner occupiers outnumber renters in all but tallest builds, where owners still occupy more than any more-bedroomed form🤯
& folk saying no one wants bachelors & 1beds might be directed to note that's the spot owner occupiers outnumber renters in all but tallest builds, where owners still occupy more than any more-bedroomed form🤯
November 16, 2025 at 3:15 AM
👍. Seems if one seeks to house folk, near-universal truth is rentals house more than owned.
& folk saying no one wants bachelors & 1beds might be directed to note that's the spot owner occupiers outnumber renters in all but tallest builds, where owners still occupy more than any more-bedroomed form🤯
& folk saying no one wants bachelors & 1beds might be directed to note that's the spot owner occupiers outnumber renters in all but tallest builds, where owners still occupy more than any more-bedroomed form🤯
What I was noting was correlation btw areas w population/child shrinkage, w areas which have had very NIMBY anti-change policies. I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to remind me with the bedroom data? But child density needs people density needs more bedroom density than detached can provide.
November 16, 2025 at 3:04 AM
What I was noting was correlation btw areas w population/child shrinkage, w areas which have had very NIMBY anti-change policies. I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to remind me with the bedroom data? But child density needs people density needs more bedroom density than detached can provide.
BIAs, shooting themselves in the foot 🤦 and getting the rest of us with the rest of the shell.
November 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
BIAs, shooting themselves in the foot 🤦 and getting the rest of us with the rest of the shell.
Would the absence of the BIA's request have lead to redesign that would have resolved this though? Or unrelated to that issue?
November 16, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Would the absence of the BIA's request have lead to redesign that would have resolved this though? Or unrelated to that issue?
Wait, is traffic jammed at Danforth & Broadview, making theoretical customers avoid shopping in the area, because of streetcars idling on Broadview, at the BIA's request??
November 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Wait, is traffic jammed at Danforth & Broadview, making theoretical customers avoid shopping in the area, because of streetcars idling on Broadview, at the BIA's request??
This is density of children. It's actually a lie when people talk about needing to preserve single family homes or family neighbourhoods. nimby policies are verifiably *killing* the ability of neighbourhoods to host and welcome kids and families. It could hardly be more explicitly clear.
November 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This is density of children. It's actually a lie when people talk about needing to preserve single family homes or family neighbourhoods. nimby policies are verifiably *killing* the ability of neighbourhoods to host and welcome kids and families. It could hardly be more explicitly clear.
Though, with the bloor line scuttled west of Christie, buses jammed on every last street, maybe more multimodal than I'd like, and my buffer time will become late arrival time. But, had I driven or not had bike access, I'd miss it all.
November 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Though, with the bloor line scuttled west of Christie, buses jammed on every last street, maybe more multimodal than I'd like, and my buffer time will become late arrival time. But, had I driven or not had bike access, I'd miss it all.
Limited formats were pretty well my fave. Sealed, because of how hard it was to make anything coherent, felt so fun to mess with, and expect competitive unpredictable matches, even if one lucky opening made for one rough opponent. Sad, given how much of the experience is lost when folks drop.
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Limited formats were pretty well my fave. Sealed, because of how hard it was to make anything coherent, felt so fun to mess with, and expect competitive unpredictable matches, even if one lucky opening made for one rough opponent. Sad, given how much of the experience is lost when folks drop.
Red light & speed cameras have funded these crossing guards, with the fines of law-breaking life-risking & -taking drivers.
Now Ford is telling us safe lawful folks should bear the costs, financial & the most personal.
Ford might need even more of our tax money to tempt guards into his wild west.
Now Ford is telling us safe lawful folks should bear the costs, financial & the most personal.
Ford might need even more of our tax money to tempt guards into his wild west.
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Red light & speed cameras have funded these crossing guards, with the fines of law-breaking life-risking & -taking drivers.
Now Ford is telling us safe lawful folks should bear the costs, financial & the most personal.
Ford might need even more of our tax money to tempt guards into his wild west.
Now Ford is telling us safe lawful folks should bear the costs, financial & the most personal.
Ford might need even more of our tax money to tempt guards into his wild west.
Or just proving you don't need to spend $50k more for that one time that could stick out the back of a Maverick, instead of on top of a Corolla.
November 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Or just proving you don't need to spend $50k more for that one time that could stick out the back of a Maverick, instead of on top of a Corolla.
Definitely a lovely set, I think my grandparents passed a bit too early for me to wind up with gems like that which they'd have had.
November 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Definitely a lovely set, I think my grandparents passed a bit too early for me to wind up with gems like that which they'd have had.
Where did these treasures appear? 😍
November 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Where did these treasures appear? 😍
I look forward to Rehousing.ca 's upcoming tool, demonstrated here, to help anyone see whats possible in their future.
youtu.be/PAJH2tdd51w
youtu.be/PAJH2tdd51w
ReHousing Platform Demo
YouTube video by ReHousing
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November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I look forward to Rehousing.ca 's upcoming tool, demonstrated here, to help anyone see whats possible in their future.
youtu.be/PAJH2tdd51w
youtu.be/PAJH2tdd51w
My tastebuds think we've done ok here in Toronto, but I'm always happy to have more :). The real treat is how you can pretty much Google maps search for any nationality and find options, both in obvious downtown walkable neighbourhoods, as well as incredible strip mall oases. Every taste bud is here
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
My tastebuds think we've done ok here in Toronto, but I'm always happy to have more :). The real treat is how you can pretty much Google maps search for any nationality and find options, both in obvious downtown walkable neighbourhoods, as well as incredible strip mall oases. Every taste bud is here
Q is there an ideal state of homes this can be applied to, like old vs new?
A homes can need to change alongside our needs, any ideal is nebulous, but we want it to be able to respond to your life changes.
A homes can need to change alongside our needs, any ideal is nebulous, but we want it to be able to respond to your life changes.
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Q is there an ideal state of homes this can be applied to, like old vs new?
A homes can need to change alongside our needs, any ideal is nebulous, but we want it to be able to respond to your life changes.
A homes can need to change alongside our needs, any ideal is nebulous, but we want it to be able to respond to your life changes.
Q is there a rule you'd break to make housing across Canada better?
A: single stair would make a huge different for quality, access, efficient design, better community within multiresidential.
A: single stair would make a huge different for quality, access, efficient design, better community within multiresidential.
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Q is there a rule you'd break to make housing across Canada better?
A: single stair would make a huge different for quality, access, efficient design, better community within multiresidential.
A: single stair would make a huge different for quality, access, efficient design, better community within multiresidential.
exposure to what good design looks like, just see what current condo floorplans look like. We seek to foreground best practice design principles, think how we can start talking about what quality hsg, new & in renos, can look like. Helping ppl visualize "better" is a great ambition within this work.
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
exposure to what good design looks like, just see what current condo floorplans look like. We seek to foreground best practice design principles, think how we can start talking about what quality hsg, new & in renos, can look like. Helping ppl visualize "better" is a great ambition within this work.