After years of waiting, the City announced the launch of a discussion paper on co-op housing lease renewals. The paper proposes four scenarios that “aim to maximize the delivery of affordable housing on public land while also providing stability to residents.” This announcement was greeting by a series of news articles, plus a CBC Radio interview with CHF BC director, Thom Armstrong.
Rather than a book you sit down and read, Soft City is a book that invites you to explore what it has to offer. It is highly visual, filled with primary colours, useful case studies, original ideas, inspiring photographs, and helpful graphics. As such, it is highly recommended that you forgo the e-book version and get yourself a physical copy.
Another Patriot Act video! What can I say, Hasan is on a roll with another topic close to my heart!
On the latest Patriot Act, Hasan investigates why America’s public transportation infrastructure is crumbling and how anti-transit forces like the Trump administration and the Koch Brothers are fiercely opposing plans to revive it.
Nothing is certain; life can change dramatically for better or for worse in an instant.We may fear losing what we have but we try to hold on.
From Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO 5/12/19, Bill Nye expressed his frustration & anger toward those who deny global warming and refuse to take action to make positive changes.
We are exploring the range of homes created within a context for affordability, community and for environmental reasons…..or all three. Including tiny homes for the homeless, tiny house clusters, cooperatives, cohousing, community land trusts, floating homes, and the need to reimagine the village.
Fifteen-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg addressed the U.N. plenary at COP24 in Katowice, Poland, condemning global inaction in the face of catastrophic climate change.
Last month, I was part of diverse group of stakeholders from the housing, public health, municipal, private and non-profit sectors who were invited by the City of Vancouver on a Hey Neighbour! field trip to tour friendly buildings in the city.
Community Land Trusts (CLTs) are a largely “uncharted” vehicle with the potential to retain much needed affordable housing, and finance future sustainable and locally guided development, in Metro Vancouver.