Danny Oleksiuk
@dannyoleksiuk.bsky.social
Director with Abundant Housing Vancouver
Fellow @sightline.org
"There are four lights"
Fellow @sightline.org
"There are four lights"
The day is off to a good start
October 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The day is off to a good start
Please allow me to introduce you to my local costco in Vancouver, which is next to Stadium Skytrain Station:
September 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Please allow me to introduce you to my local costco in Vancouver, which is next to Stadium Skytrain Station:
Goats on a roof
September 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Goats on a roof
We did some canyon exploration this weekend
September 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We did some canyon exploration this weekend
And here's Holdom Station:
August 30, 2025 at 3:59 AM
And here's Holdom Station:
Burnaby loves to do this. Here's Sperling-Burnaby Lake Station:
August 30, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Burnaby loves to do this. Here's Sperling-Burnaby Lake Station:
This book cover wonderfully captures the spirit of 2000s Vancouver planning: celebrating the 30 blocks of towers while hurriedly glossing over the single-family zoning that ruled most of the city.
August 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
This book cover wonderfully captures the spirit of 2000s Vancouver planning: celebrating the 30 blocks of towers while hurriedly glossing over the single-family zoning that ruled most of the city.
The "special event" is just that for one beautiful afternoon, one street is car free.
Stopping cars from going somewhere is such an easy and excellent way to improve that place.
Stopping cars from going somewhere is such an easy and excellent way to improve that place.
August 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The "special event" is just that for one beautiful afternoon, one street is car free.
Stopping cars from going somewhere is such an easy and excellent way to improve that place.
Stopping cars from going somewhere is such an easy and excellent way to improve that place.
The people who say this are always here to oppose more rental housing
July 9, 2025 at 5:12 AM
The people who say this are always here to oppose more rental housing
Some good, old-fashioned Burnaby tall-and-sprawl
July 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Some good, old-fashioned Burnaby tall-and-sprawl
There's a ton of excess car capacity here on Water Street. We've set all this space aside for cars, and they aren't even driving on it.
July 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
There's a ton of excess car capacity here on Water Street. We've set all this space aside for cars, and they aren't even driving on it.
Mentally I'm still here
June 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Mentally I'm still here
Cordova Street still has cars.
You be the judge.
You be the judge.
June 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Cordova Street still has cars.
You be the judge.
You be the judge.
Car free water street looks like a huge success @lisadominato.bsky.social @rebeccaleebligh.bsky.social @lucymaloney.bsky.social @ptfry.bsky.social
June 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Car free water street looks like a huge success @lisadominato.bsky.social @rebeccaleebligh.bsky.social @lucymaloney.bsky.social @ptfry.bsky.social
Back to cell service after a week hanging out with my new bud
June 21, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Back to cell service after a week hanging out with my new bud
There was a swinging rail trestle until 1982. Pedestrianization was considered and rejected at the time.
June 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
There was a swinging rail trestle until 1982. Pedestrianization was considered and rejected at the time.
Great stuff.
And here is neighbourhood population growth from 1971-2016:
And here is neighbourhood population growth from 1971-2016:
June 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Great stuff.
And here is neighbourhood population growth from 1971-2016:
And here is neighbourhood population growth from 1971-2016:
I just heard someone say "density" on the sea wall.
A clear sign that we're winning. @ahvancouver.bsky.social
A clear sign that we're winning. @ahvancouver.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I just heard someone say "density" on the sea wall.
A clear sign that we're winning. @ahvancouver.bsky.social
A clear sign that we're winning. @ahvancouver.bsky.social
Or look at this house in a fancy estate/farm district in Langley. It sold last year for $2.88M. The sellers bought it in 2009 for just $896,000, for a nominal gain of almost $2M in 15 years. That's over $200,000/year.
If it was a principal residence, then the owners paid zero tax on that gain.
If it was a principal residence, then the owners paid zero tax on that gain.
June 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Or look at this house in a fancy estate/farm district in Langley. It sold last year for $2.88M. The sellers bought it in 2009 for just $896,000, for a nominal gain of almost $2M in 15 years. That's over $200,000/year.
If it was a principal residence, then the owners paid zero tax on that gain.
If it was a principal residence, then the owners paid zero tax on that gain.
This one tax loophole might be the single biggest driver of overinvestment in Canadian real estate.
Let's look at some examples:
This house in Kits just sold for $2.9M.
It had last sold in 2011 for $1.5M. That's a $1.4M nominal gain in 14 years, or about $100,000/year. Tax free!
Let's look at some examples:
This house in Kits just sold for $2.9M.
It had last sold in 2011 for $1.5M. That's a $1.4M nominal gain in 14 years, or about $100,000/year. Tax free!
June 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This one tax loophole might be the single biggest driver of overinvestment in Canadian real estate.
Let's look at some examples:
This house in Kits just sold for $2.9M.
It had last sold in 2011 for $1.5M. That's a $1.4M nominal gain in 14 years, or about $100,000/year. Tax free!
Let's look at some examples:
This house in Kits just sold for $2.9M.
It had last sold in 2011 for $1.5M. That's a $1.4M nominal gain in 14 years, or about $100,000/year. Tax free!
The wonders of Burnabyism!
This is the land of beautiful new towers in shoddy industrial zones, with limited retail except for big box stores on highways or at transit oriented malls.
High development fees here fund low property taxes and new community centres in low-density neighbourhoods.
This is the land of beautiful new towers in shoddy industrial zones, with limited retail except for big box stores on highways or at transit oriented malls.
High development fees here fund low property taxes and new community centres in low-density neighbourhoods.
June 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The wonders of Burnabyism!
This is the land of beautiful new towers in shoddy industrial zones, with limited retail except for big box stores on highways or at transit oriented malls.
High development fees here fund low property taxes and new community centres in low-density neighbourhoods.
This is the land of beautiful new towers in shoddy industrial zones, with limited retail except for big box stores on highways or at transit oriented malls.
High development fees here fund low property taxes and new community centres in low-density neighbourhoods.
Grandview-Woodlands is in population decline. We get children in our city when we build spaces for them, as @jensvb.bsky.social shows here.
The Drive desperately needs more apartments, especially on its quiet, declining, wealthy, side streets.
The Drive desperately needs more apartments, especially on its quiet, declining, wealthy, side streets.
May 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Grandview-Woodlands is in population decline. We get children in our city when we build spaces for them, as @jensvb.bsky.social shows here.
The Drive desperately needs more apartments, especially on its quiet, declining, wealthy, side streets.
The Drive desperately needs more apartments, especially on its quiet, declining, wealthy, side streets.
May 16, 2025 at 3:53 AM
The park in question
May 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The park in question
Sixish units on one lot in Mt Pleasant in Vancouver. Shortly after this was built, we outlawed homes this tall, wide, and dense on single lots.
I think it's pretty nice though.
I think it's pretty nice though.
April 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Sixish units on one lot in Mt Pleasant in Vancouver. Shortly after this was built, we outlawed homes this tall, wide, and dense on single lots.
I think it's pretty nice though.
I think it's pretty nice though.