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Jan. 24, 2014 / Gordon Price

Where is some of the best reporting on transportation in the newspaper?

It’s in the real estate and Homes sections. Evidence: Downtown Vancouver a money magnet … Investors may have generally cooled on…
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Jan. 23, 2014 / Gordon Price

Response to Demographia on Vancouver unaffordability

Scot Bathgate reminds of this: Remember this one regarding Demographica?   From Vancouver Magazine: “If they’ve heard once, they’ve heard…
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Jan. 23, 2014 / Gordon Price

Heritage tour: Vancouver Specials – Apr 26

From the Vancouver Heritage Foundation: NEW DATE! Vancouver Special – April 26th VHF is changing it up! After 5 years of…
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Jan. 22, 2014 / Gordon Price

The End of the Region as we know it – 3

What a coincidence! Featured news story in Business in Vancouver: ALR to blame for Vancouver’s unaffordable real estate: Demographia Demographia…
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Jan. 17, 2014 / Gordon Price

Mapping Gentrification: Rent as a Share of Income

Gladys We wishes there were Canadian versions of these maps in Markers of Gentrification: Mapping Rent as a Share of Income. Kwelia…
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Jan. 15, 2014 / Gordon Price

Nominations: Best Thing My City Did This Year

Atlantic Cities closed the year with this: The Best Thing My City Did This Year. For the Vancouver region, Brent…
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Jan. 15, 2014 / Gordon Price

Affordable Housing Update – 1

A mix of items submitted by PT readers (well, mainly Tom Durning): . AFFORDABLE HOUSING TOOLKIT From New York-based Center…
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Jan. 10, 2014 / Gordon Price

Quote: Unaffordable Housing and Uncomfortable Trade-offs

Australian columnist Matt Cowgill addresses the issues behind unaffordable housing in The Guardian – and doesn’t think rising density is the…
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Jan. 06, 2014 / Gordon Price

Neighbourly Advice: Affordability in Seattle

 How Seattle can create more affordable housing: Numerous Seattle Times reports, editorials and guest columns over the past year have…
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Jan. 06, 2014 / Gordon Price

Wendy Sarkissian: How Ecodenisty undermined planning in Vancouver

We featured Wendy Sarkissian before in Price Tags (and at SFU City Program lectures).  She currently resides in Australia but…
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Dec. 03, 2013 / Gordon Price

From the land where housing depreciates …

You get this: . From Arch Daily: Japan is famous for its radical residential architecture. But as Tokyo architect Alastair…
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Dec. 03, 2013 / Gordon Price

Blame Canada: It’s Our Turn to Pop!

From the Washington Post: Nouriel Roubini was one of the most presciently pessimistic analysts of the global economy in the…
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Dec. 02, 2013 / Gordon Price

Shipping containers as housing

An idea whose time is now: container housing.   (It’s actually been around for awhile; ask Michael Geller.) Inspiration Green makes…
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Nov. 29, 2013 / Gordon Price

Horn Toot: ‘Built Environment Leader’

Thank you, Real Estate Foundation of B.C., for this little resume boost: . Gordon Price Director, SFU City Program  In…

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