Andrew Robertson

“Homeowners should realize that Canada's housing crisis isn’t just hurting the people who don’t yet own a home. It’s slowing our economy, hollowing out our public services, concentrating wealth among existing homeowners and … fraying the social trust that holds our communities together.”

I know I’m in the minority on this preference, but if we want to fully commit to measuring time more logically and less because-America-does too, then the next step is to adopt 24-hour time like most of the world 🤓

The Vancouver Sun’s anti-housing bias is a huge contributor to our region’s dialogue around housing

Thanks to this post for summarizing it so well

More info and some fun maps here

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Protecting genuine heritage buildings while welcoming more residents to areas with the public infrastructure that families need is possible and will build a better CNV

Virtual info session Visit the virtual information session for Bill 25 alignment engagement.

City of North Vancouver wants to hear how new family-sized housing should fit into “heritage areas”

This survey is a great chance to say you want balanced and inclusive growth, not exclusive and classist “heritage character” designations for our hood with the most parks, transit, and schools

And before anyone asks here the polls:

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Brodie: “eventually people will notice how their neighbourhoods have changed for the worse”

We already have! Our friends/family have been priced out! 💔

It’s why polls show gentle density and multiplexes are BC’s preferred form of growth, and likely why Richmond’s shown “little public reaction”

Thank you @pwaldkirch.bsky.social for stepping up for Vancouver.

This inspiring video describes so well how I feel (plus I always love a good boat reference)

There are many commercial lending products available for those with home equity and low cash. It’s not necessary for a broke government to subsidize those loans.

They can still defer their property taxes, just no longer at below prime rates. I.e. their loans will no longer be subsidized by British Columbians who pay income taxes

For years, families with children have been eligible to defer too, but at 2% higher interest rate than seniors. Why!?

Thank you to all the parties that participate. This shows exactly the kind of leadership Vancouver needs!

The five whys Why is housing in Metro Vancouver so scarce and expensive?

All these reasons for expensive housing also apply to the City of North Vancouver

We restrict zoning in order to extract taxes from new housing. We take this so far that the next generation of residents and workers is taxed out of an affordable or well-housed life

I've seen quite a few people sneer at voters' "ignorance" for identifying the federal government as the primary culprit in Canada's housing mess.

While I probably wouldn't answer "federal", it's not unreasonable. Here's why:

Yes but have you seen the intense pushback from municipalities in BC after reasonable provincial directives to reform zoning etc? And the creative methods used to dodge new laws?

Saying this from the subregion with the highest rents in Canada

Let’s not let local politicians off the hook :)

“When we compare the three most unaffordable cities in 2005, 2015 and 2025, they share a defining feature: all of them are located in areas with stricter zoning and land-use rules”

A decade-by-decade look at why and when housing became unaffordable — The Globe and Mail Zoning restrictions, land-use rules, monetary policy and population growth were key drivers in affordability

Great to see articles that acknowledge that policies from ALL levels of government have helped cause our housing shortage

Too often governments point blame at each other when they aren’t themselves doing everything they can to fix this mess

Try living in a 600 sqft apartment where you run out of closets for your kids to sleep in before talking to me about housing stress

Thanks for making this easy

“I’m an essential healthcare worker who works near this area. Me and my family recently moved out of CoV cause it is too hard to have a family here. Access to schools is just one part of that problem. You can make a meaningful improvement today by approving this school"

Just 11% of homes in the City of North Vancouver are missing middle housing types. This is a result of municipal policies that contribute to our housing shortage

This video explains why I support expanding CNV’s multiplex zoning to enable more balanced and inclusive growth in our community

A Blueprint to Restore Homeownership for Young Canadians 10 Recommendations for the Federal Government

Some great thinking here about housing solutions to help young Canadians from @missingmiddleca.bsky.social. It's well worth a read! www.missingmiddleinitiative.ca/p/a-blueprin...

“Cities risk losing two generations of young people, who will either move to communities where housing is affordable or become entirely disenchanted with an economic and political system that is not acting in their interests. Helping [them achieve home ownership] will strengthen society”

Love the use of “towers” to describe something that is literally not a tower

What do Metro Vancouver’s taxes on new homes have in common with Bitcoin and Nvidia?

Thanks @northshorenews.bsky.social for sharing my thoughts on these beautiful homes. Here’s what they’re looking like this evening 🤩

Anyone else with tall old homes in their neighbourhood that should be re-legalized?

What size are the homes on the inside?

Should the many shoebox apartments designed/built to be short-term rental investments even be counted as housing supply?

Always seems to me like that is misleading us, since they are more like hotels, investments, or commodities than homes

Cafe on 17th on the upcoming bike route, a good stop before the new overpass? 🙂

Fair, but until then reducing car trips for other reasons like parks or schools is still less car dependence. 100% car independence is a high bar

What a great idea
I like Queensbury village. Would love to see it grow