Critical Urbanism has a Taylor Swift problem. In this essay, I will... (actually writes essay) https://homefreesociology.com/2023/09/22/critical-urbanisms-taylor-swift-problem/
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Nathanael Lauster
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#UBC #Sociology Prof & (award-winning!) Author. Immigrant. #Housing & Built Environs, #Cities, #Demography. #Homefreesociology & Metro #Zoning, he/him & his cat
In focusing on only existing households, the Core Housing Need metric suffers from an important oversight, missing much of Canada's housing crisis, as @vb_jens and I explain here. #housingcrisis #Canada #housing #sociology #demography https://homefreesociology.com/2023/08/17/housing-outcomes/
New post with @vb_jens looking at how to calculate housing targets. Surprise! We estimate we need a lot more housing. #BCpoli #Vanpoli https://homefreesociology.com/2023/06/27/housing-targets/
New post with @vb_jens looking at the history of Metro Vancouver Planning, and especially its role in limiting housing #Vanpoli https://homefreesociology.com/2023/06/21/metro-vancouver-planning-regimes/
Weird but fascinating read. So many westerners commenting on Japan's housing! Nevertheless, a good corrective given the often contorted discourse around here on Empty Homes as a significant contributor to high prices. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/realestate/japan-empty-houses.html
Most recent with @vb_jens exploring some of the problems of definition and framing concerning a recent StatCan release from CHSP, and why so many Canadian media outlets took away the wrong interpretations. #canpoli #homefreesociology https://homefreesociology.com/2023/02/21/investing-in-definitions-and-framing/
Jens von BergmannDeveloping multi-family housing in Vancouver takes a long time. @Lausterna and I give a brief review of Vancouver planning and development regimes and illustrate it with two example buildings to explain why. Which offers some clues how to speed things up.
New post with @vb_jens laying out a brief history of urban planning and development regimes, drawing from five square blocks of westside Vancouver. #vanpoli #BCpoli #housing https://homefreesociology.com/2023/02/07/a-brief-history-of-vancouver-planning-development-regimes/
Definitely gets at some core issues behind how long it’s taking to get things built in Canada as well as the US. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/05/opinion/economy-construction-productivity-mystery.html
So wait, how do I alert the authorities to suspicion of title fraud again?
#BCPoli #BChistory #Housing
Title fraud piece (quoting UBC’s Doug Harris!): https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mortgage-fraud-bc-homes-1.6732176
HBC Heritage: https://www.hbcheritage.ca/history/fur-trade/deed-of-surrender
At least 3 B.C. homes listed for sale without homeowners' knowledge amid surge in title fraud in Ontario | CBC News
There have been at least three cases of attempted title fraud in B.C. since 2019 — two of which resulted in successful sales — where fraudsters purporting to be the homeowners attempted to sell properties they did not own.