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Sep. 03, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Guilt Trip

Durning adds this item to the gentrification debate – from The Guardian: . Your guilt trip won’t stop gentrification .…
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Sep. 02, 2015 / Gordon Price

HALA in Seattle: Rental Housing and the Grand Bargain

Yet another announcement on the ‘Grand Bargain’ that came out of Seattle’s Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) task force, made…
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Aug. 24, 2015 / Gordon Price

Empty House Problem – Tokyo Version

From the New York Times: . A Sprawl of Ghost Homes in Aging Tokyo Suburbs . Despite a deeply rooted…
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Aug. 20, 2015 / Gordon Price

HALA in Seattle: Affordable Housing, The Grand Bargain and American Law

Here’s an update on the ‘Grand Bargain’ that came out of Seattle’s Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) task force,…
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Aug. 17, 2015 / Gordon Price

A Choice of Suicides: Political response to Vancouver’s real-estate market

It’s hard to keep up with the coverage on what is probably the No. 1 topic of conversation in this…
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Aug. 17, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Shorts for the Summer

I thought your readers would enjoy these two NFB productions. The first is “Whistling Smith.” A beat cop in the…
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Aug. 06, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Shorts for the Summer

I thought your readers would enjoy these two NFB productions: The first is “Whistling Smith:” a beat cop in the…
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Jul. 30, 2015 / Gordon Price

Seattle HALA Update: Strategic Retreat

Well, that didn’t take long.  From the Seattle Times: . Mayor Murray withdraws proposal to allow more density in single-family…
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Jul. 29, 2015 / Gordon Price

Seattle goes to HALA – Housing Affordability and Politics in an American City

Have you heard the rumblings from south of the border?  Actually, it’s more of a political earthquake in the Emerald…
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Jul. 28, 2015 / Gordon Price

Searching for blame: The Housing Crisis in San Francisco and Post-referendum Vancouver

From Neal Lamontagne: “Many people citing Gabe Metcalf on San Franscisco’s progressive politics + housing costs. I suggest also reading…
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Jul. 24, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: “What’s the Matter with San Francisco”

SPUR president Gabriel Metcalf stirs the pot on CityLab: “The city’s devastating affordability crisis has an unlikely villain—its famed progressive…
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Jun. 29, 2015 / Gordon Price

Michael Kluckner: An Australian Perspective

Michael Kluckner is in Australia, picking up on the similarities between our two scenes: . Here’s a cartoon from the…
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Jun. 26, 2015 / Gordon Price

Signs of Our Times

From Ian Robertson, seen on Broadway. .…
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Jun. 26, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Value of Dirt

It’s not just residential real estate that’s going nuts.  This is from Business in Vancouver:     Dirt worth more…

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