Peter Dowdy
@urbanrabbit.bsky.social
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When discussing reforms like multiplex zoning, demand estimates rarely enter the discussion (except as a force to be countered).
@lausterna.bsky.social and I think that’s unfortunate and we run some simple estimates what it would look like to zone for the demand to live in an area.
@lausterna.bsky.social and I think that’s unfortunate and we run some simple estimates what it would look like to zone for the demand to live in an area.
Demand based zoning – Mountain Doodles
What if zoning was responsive to underlying demand to live in an area? A simple model to estimate demand-based zoning in Vancouver.
doodles.mountainmath.ca
August 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
When discussing reforms like multiplex zoning, demand estimates rarely enter the discussion (except as a force to be countered).
@lausterna.bsky.social and I think that’s unfortunate and we run some simple estimates what it would look like to zone for the demand to live in an area.
@lausterna.bsky.social and I think that’s unfortunate and we run some simple estimates what it would look like to zone for the demand to live in an area.
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The intentional result of the broken Vancouver planning system championed by Hardwick, Geller, Condon, etc.
Financial exclusion, hollowed communities, and longer commutes.
Financial exclusion, hollowed communities, and longer commutes.
August 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The intentional result of the broken Vancouver planning system championed by Hardwick, Geller, Condon, etc.
Financial exclusion, hollowed communities, and longer commutes.
Financial exclusion, hollowed communities, and longer commutes.
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The Tyee should ask some mainstream economists what they think of Patrick Condon's Bizarro World real estate economics that they have consistently platformed & promoted.
I took a look at some of the YouTube interviews Vancouver’s mayor has been doing on Bitcoin, and what he says is pretty wild.
When I asked an economist about these theories he said, “This is not economics, this is — I don’t know what to call it.”
#vanpoli
thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...
When I asked an economist about these theories he said, “This is not economics, this is — I don’t know what to call it.”
#vanpoli
thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...
Ken Sim’s Love of Bitcoin Makes Critics Nervous | The Tyee
‘The mayor is talking about economics and doesn't seem to understand what he's talking about,’ says a UBC professor.
thetyee.ca
July 23, 2025 at 5:22 AM
The Tyee should ask some mainstream economists what they think of Patrick Condon's Bizarro World real estate economics that they have consistently platformed & promoted.
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If prioritized homes for people like we prioritize homes for cars we would be much further along in dealing with this housing crisis.
Want another example of staggering lack of leadership & understanding around how to actually address our complex urban challenges? Imagine ignoring experts and rejecting this badly needed 6-storey housing project for people with disabilities, over parking spots. tricitiesdispatch.com/residents-di...
Housing for residents with disabilities put on hold due to lack of parking – Tri-Cities Dispatch
An affordable rental project for residents living with mental illness failed to cross the finish line in Port Coquitlam council chambers recently, with
tricitiesdispatch.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If prioritized homes for people like we prioritize homes for cars we would be much further along in dealing with this housing crisis.
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Housing is good, actually. Doubly so if it can increase our merge stock of non-market housing.
If you prioritize your aesthetic preferences over others having housing, or don’t want people of diverse incomes living near you, or have difficulty handling change, then city living might not be for you.
If you prioritize your aesthetic preferences over others having housing, or don’t want people of diverse incomes living near you, or have difficulty handling change, then city living might not be for you.
Vancouver’s ‘social housing initiative’ calls for 20-storey towers across city
Veteran planners question scale of development, effect on urban design
www.biv.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Housing is good, actually. Doubly so if it can increase our merge stock of non-market housing.
If you prioritize your aesthetic preferences over others having housing, or don’t want people of diverse incomes living near you, or have difficulty handling change, then city living might not be for you.
If you prioritize your aesthetic preferences over others having housing, or don’t want people of diverse incomes living near you, or have difficulty handling change, then city living might not be for you.
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guys its a school please stop requiring rezoning for everything
Vancouver School Board has submitted its rezoning application to build the new Olympic Village Elementary School.
It'll be a 62-ft-tall, 4-storey building with a rooftop play area. #vanpoli #vanre
dailyhive.com/vancouver/ol...
It'll be a 62-ft-tall, 4-storey building with a rooftop play area. #vanpoli #vanre
dailyhive.com/vancouver/ol...
New Olympic Village Elementary School to feature rooftop play area | Urbanized
There are new design details for the long-planned new Olympic Village Elementary School in Vancouver, including a rooftop play area.
dailyhive.com
June 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
guys its a school please stop requiring rezoning for everything
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For my child and yours, I proudly support this transformative housing project: 1000+ purpose-built rental homes next to SkyTrain, turning a parking lot into homes for working people. It’s a perfect place to add density for our city!
The results show who is taking the housing crisis seriously!
The results show who is taking the housing crisis seriously!
June 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
For my child and yours, I proudly support this transformative housing project: 1000+ purpose-built rental homes next to SkyTrain, turning a parking lot into homes for working people. It’s a perfect place to add density for our city!
The results show who is taking the housing crisis seriously!
The results show who is taking the housing crisis seriously!
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One of the reasons I was so proud to run with OneCity was @christineboyle.bsky.social’s fight for social housing in every neighbourhood.
Her social housing initiative, passed in 2022, is finally coming to the public for consultation. Make your voice heard!
www.shapeyourcity.ca/social-housing
Her social housing initiative, passed in 2022, is finally coming to the public for consultation. Make your voice heard!
www.shapeyourcity.ca/social-housing
Vancouver's social housing initiative
简体中文 | 繁體中文 Making Vancouver more inclusive and equitable is a key priority of Vancouver Plan, the city’s long-term land-use strategy. Vancouver’s Social Housing Initiative works toward the critical n...
www.shapeyourcity.ca
June 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
One of the reasons I was so proud to run with OneCity was @christineboyle.bsky.social’s fight for social housing in every neighbourhood.
Her social housing initiative, passed in 2022, is finally coming to the public for consultation. Make your voice heard!
www.shapeyourcity.ca/social-housing
Her social housing initiative, passed in 2022, is finally coming to the public for consultation. Make your voice heard!
www.shapeyourcity.ca/social-housing
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This project will provide very valuable rental housing supply on top of one of the region's busiest transit hubs. There was a lot of discussion at the public hearing on whether new rental (sometimes suggested that this is 'luxury') can help our housing situation. A few things...
After 10 years of design, planning, revisions, consultation & review, the Safeway mixed-use rental housing project at #SkyTrain's Commercial-Broadway Station is going ahead.
Vancouver City Council has approved the rezoning application. #vanpoli #vanre
dailyhive.com/vancouver/sa...
Vancouver City Council has approved the rezoning application. #vanpoli #vanre
dailyhive.com/vancouver/sa...
Safeway redevelopment at Commercial-Broadway Station approved by Vancouver City Council | Urbanized
After 10 years of planning, Vancouver City Council has approved the Safeway redevelopment at SkyTrain's Commercial-Broadway Station.
dailyhive.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This project will provide very valuable rental housing supply on top of one of the region's busiest transit hubs. There was a lot of discussion at the public hearing on whether new rental (sometimes suggested that this is 'luxury') can help our housing situation. A few things...
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Ok now up for Sean Orr: a tough one for me. Number of opposed speakers outnumbered supporters, so one vote should reflect them (WHAT. WHAT. THAT IS RIDICULOUS. WTF)
omg Sean Orr is going to vote against 1000+, zero displacement rental homes.
This, too, is disqualifying.
omg Sean Orr is going to vote against 1000+, zero displacement rental homes.
This, too, is disqualifying.
June 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Ok now up for Sean Orr: a tough one for me. Number of opposed speakers outnumbered supporters, so one vote should reflect them (WHAT. WHAT. THAT IS RIDICULOUS. WTF)
omg Sean Orr is going to vote against 1000+, zero displacement rental homes.
This, too, is disqualifying.
omg Sean Orr is going to vote against 1000+, zero displacement rental homes.
This, too, is disqualifying.
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Zhou: "if we keep saying no to housing, we are saying no to our next generation."
Amazing comments from Lenny Zhou--this quote in particular is a real banger. Awesome!
Amazing comments from Lenny Zhou--this quote in particular is a real banger. Awesome!
June 11, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Zhou: "if we keep saying no to housing, we are saying no to our next generation."
Amazing comments from Lenny Zhou--this quote in particular is a real banger. Awesome!
Amazing comments from Lenny Zhou--this quote in particular is a real banger. Awesome!
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“Trickle-down housing” is the stupidest concept ever.
The straightforward idea that building new housing takes pressure off old housing gets equated with Reaganite tax cuts for rich people.
The straightforward idea that building new housing takes pressure off old housing gets equated with Reaganite tax cuts for rich people.
trickle down housing isn't a real policy- it's a theory used to justify inaction on building for those with the greatest need
May 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
“Trickle-down housing” is the stupidest concept ever.
The straightforward idea that building new housing takes pressure off old housing gets equated with Reaganite tax cuts for rich people.
The straightforward idea that building new housing takes pressure off old housing gets equated with Reaganite tax cuts for rich people.
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The big problem with most of the financialization and commodification of housing arguments is the lack of foundation in data and real world processes. It’s 90% ideology and 10% cherry-picked examples.
This discussion between Sam Seder and Ezra Klein is a succinct distillation of the intra-left conversation about housing affordability.
May 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The big problem with most of the financialization and commodification of housing arguments is the lack of foundation in data and real world processes. It’s 90% ideology and 10% cherry-picked examples.
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Ok yes I played the Happy Megatowers Polka!
I need a beer now, I'll post a clip (and maybe a better performance) later!
MEGATOWERS!
bsky.app/profile/dawe...
I need a beer now, I'll post a clip (and maybe a better performance) later!
MEGATOWERS!
bsky.app/profile/dawe...
May 16, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Ok yes I played the Happy Megatowers Polka!
I need a beer now, I'll post a clip (and maybe a better performance) later!
MEGATOWERS!
bsky.app/profile/dawe...
I need a beer now, I'll post a clip (and maybe a better performance) later!
MEGATOWERS!
bsky.app/profile/dawe...
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May 16, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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We've got to choose our battles. BC *should* be the "dumping ground" for excess rebar capacity. We need to build much more, and shipping from Ontario over land isn't competitive with ocean freight from Asia. Maybe Doug Ford should legalize housing there!
financialpost.com/fe...
financialpost.com/fe...
Battle lines drawn as steel producers push 'Buy Canadian' to fight tariffs and dumping
Countries are dumping steel rebar into Canada at artificially low prices, but some argue the cheaper imports help control costs. Read on.
financialpost.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
We've got to choose our battles. BC *should* be the "dumping ground" for excess rebar capacity. We need to build much more, and shipping from Ontario over land isn't competitive with ocean freight from Asia. Maybe Doug Ford should legalize housing there!
financialpost.com/fe...
financialpost.com/fe...
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City of Vancouver rental stock by Year Built. Some survivor bias here, some older apartments have gotten redeveloped since.
(Scraped from an FOI helpfully flagged by @city-duo.bsky.social)
(Scraped from an FOI helpfully flagged by @city-duo.bsky.social)
April 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
City of Vancouver rental stock by Year Built. Some survivor bias here, some older apartments have gotten redeveloped since.
(Scraped from an FOI helpfully flagged by @city-duo.bsky.social)
(Scraped from an FOI helpfully flagged by @city-duo.bsky.social)
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The planners who implemented and defended the policies that led to this disaster?
We should never, ever listen to them again.
I am 100% serious. All of those 1970-1990s era planners, architects, landscape architects, and their ilk? They bear much of the responsibility for the housing crisis.
We should never, ever listen to them again.
I am 100% serious. All of those 1970-1990s era planners, architects, landscape architects, and their ilk? They bear much of the responsibility for the housing crisis.
April 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The planners who implemented and defended the policies that led to this disaster?
We should never, ever listen to them again.
I am 100% serious. All of those 1970-1990s era planners, architects, landscape architects, and their ilk? They bear much of the responsibility for the housing crisis.
We should never, ever listen to them again.
I am 100% serious. All of those 1970-1990s era planners, architects, landscape architects, and their ilk? They bear much of the responsibility for the housing crisis.
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I'm a big fan of the Jericho Lands proposal--I think it has the potential be one of the best neighbourhoods in the city.
The Jericho Lands Official Development Plan is having a public hearing on Tuesday, April 15. Please show it some love and write to council!
Details in this thread below:
The Jericho Lands Official Development Plan is having a public hearing on Tuesday, April 15. Please show it some love and write to council!
Details in this thread below:
April 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I'm a big fan of the Jericho Lands proposal--I think it has the potential be one of the best neighbourhoods in the city.
The Jericho Lands Official Development Plan is having a public hearing on Tuesday, April 15. Please show it some love and write to council!
Details in this thread below:
The Jericho Lands Official Development Plan is having a public hearing on Tuesday, April 15. Please show it some love and write to council!
Details in this thread below:
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Amy K Gill for Vancouver Kingsway
YouTube video by Amy K Gill For Vancouver Kingsway
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April 7, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Congratulations to councillors @lucymaloney.bsky.social and @seanorr.bsky.social !
April 6, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Congratulations to councillors @lucymaloney.bsky.social and @seanorr.bsky.social !
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If you live in Vancouver, please vote in the byelection today - Saturday - anytime until 8pm! Here's our report card.
If you want to read the report card as a PDF:
movementyvr.ca/wp-co...
Where and how to vote:
vancouver.ca/your-go...
If you want to read the report card as a PDF:
movementyvr.ca/wp-co...
Where and how to vote:
vancouver.ca/your-go...
April 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If you live in Vancouver, please vote in the byelection today - Saturday - anytime until 8pm! Here's our report card.
If you want to read the report card as a PDF:
movementyvr.ca/wp-co...
Where and how to vote:
vancouver.ca/your-go...
If you want to read the report card as a PDF:
movementyvr.ca/wp-co...
Where and how to vote:
vancouver.ca/your-go...
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Housing production plummeted after TEAM was elected (they took power in early 1973). Under TEAM, single-family home neighbourhoods were frozen in amber and most growth was pushed to the suburbs.
TEAM, more than anyone, are responsible for today's housing crisis.
TEAM, more than anyone, are responsible for today's housing crisis.
March 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Housing production plummeted after TEAM was elected (they took power in early 1973). Under TEAM, single-family home neighbourhoods were frozen in amber and most growth was pushed to the suburbs.
TEAM, more than anyone, are responsible for today's housing crisis.
TEAM, more than anyone, are responsible for today's housing crisis.