Carolyn Whitzman

Three pale males

It’s been a while since I’ve seen an all white male panel like this (not shown: 2 online panelists, 1 moderator - also pale male) but worship of Ed Glaeser is a must as well

High density residential street in downtown Vancouver with 5(!) rows of street trees creating “kissing canopies”.

This is really important.

The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: 2025 CityTalk | Live — "There’s the Money! What The Federal Budget Means For City Building". After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about ... The local impact of national priorities: what the budget really means for Canadian communities. The 2025 federal budget sets the tone for how Canada plans to tackle its biggest challenges — housing, ...

What the federal budget means for cities this Thursday noon ET - moderated by @canurb.bsky.social featuring @fcm.ca @thehubcanada.bsky.social & @uoftcities.bsky.social (me) us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Nov. 9: Join Carolyn Whitzman Senior Housing Researcher, for a talk at Koffler Arts about artist Tracey Snelling’s Intergalactic Planetary exhibition and how they both explore the ways that marginalized communities navigate and shape urban spaces https://ow.ly/ucnx50Xl6mB

We'll be discussing @cwhitzman.bsky.social's book Home Truths on November 23rd, 2pm, downtown Kitchener. DM us for the address if you'd like to join this book club!

This is a great article - great visuals & great summary of why we need 4 storey apartments with single egress everywhere in North American cities.

Yikes.

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I tweet: "people who see 50% of their monthly paycheck go to rent don't care if a candidate eats with their hands. they want to hear what your candidate is going to do about housing." John Galt 2025 replies: "Move if the cost of living is too high."

who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.

A dense, urban Canada? It’s possible A specific, provocative proposal for how Toronto might evolve offers good ideas

Bravo. Toronto - and Canada - need this. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/art-...

Toronto recently allowed more 6 storey apartments on Major Streets but what would it take to make "courtyard" apartment blocks?
* 4-6 storey permissions on adjacent streets
* front yard setbacks of 2 m or less
* single stair and European elevator standards
* modest garbage room in the basement

The solutions proposed for New Zealand's (and virtually every other country's) problems are always like:
"We need to make people work for more years"
"We have to cut back on services, I'm sorry, there is just no other way"
"We have to cut benefits for young people"

never:
"We need to tax the rich"

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

This is why we need bus lands on Bank Street. We don’t need extensive consultations or debates or both side-ism to find a “balance;” we need bold action, bold leadership to design public space in the public interest and just do it. @strongtownsottawa.ca

Four Projections, One Crisis - Spacing Vancouver What happens when four different reports give four different answers to the same housing question? Every few months, a new report is released with a headline number meant to define the scale of Canada...

The underlying assumptions of 4 competing federal housing need assessments betray different visions of ‘housing 4all’. Featuring my rights-based work for @housinglogement.bsky.social spacing.ca/vancouver/20...

@cwhitzman.bsky.social co-authored this report, funded by Maytree, as the culmination of a project working with non-market developers to find a model that Build Canada Homes could employ to unlock affordability in innovative, scalable, sustainable ways schoolofcities.utoro...

Tackling Canada's housing crisis: How the federal government can build at scale now - City Talk Note to Readers: This discussion was created in partnership with CUI's valued partner, Maytree. Cover photo by Scott Webb on Unsplash.

For those of you who missed the CUI/Maytree Citytalk last week on scaling up government-built housing with @tylermeredith.bsky.social & Graeme Hussey, the recording is up! citytalkcanada.ca/discussions/...

CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%.

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

Great episode, as always.
Canada would be well-advised to accommodate EU elevators codes (and other elements of the building code). Especially in today’s age where we are looking to diversify trade relations and tying ourselves exclusively to the US market has become particularly problematic.

Single-stair stacked-flats, next to the park.
33' lots.

Each floor plate is 24' x 56' and can have one "family size" 3Br flat, or two small units.

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project

Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: CityTalk Live - "Tackling Canada’s housing crisis: How the federal government can build at scale now". After registering, you will receive a confirmation em... Canada needs at least 4.4 million affordable homes, including three million deeply affordable homes for very low- and low-income households, to end homelessness and fulfil the right to adequate housin...

If you're interested in how the Canadian federal government can build affordable housing at scale now, please join us next Thursday, September 25 at noon ET for a great webinar: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights should not be written off as a failure The aim of treating everyone with respect is not a lofty goal beyond our reach. It’s where we are meant to begin

The often ignored word ‘universal’ is key to human rights www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/c31f2f5...

big fan of German architects @holz-bau.bsky.social

Scaling Up Canada’s Community Housing Sector: Bundling assets and building capacity to create the future of housing - School of Cities The ‘Bundling Assets’ Lab, led by the School of Cities with SHS Inc. and funded by CMHC’s Solutions Labs, explores how combining the assets of multiple community housing providers can improve financin...

TODAY: How nonmarket developers and providers can work together more effectively in a portfolio approach - register to watch live or receive a link to the recording! schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/bundling-ass...:

Carney allots $13-billion to build affordable housing under Build Canada Homes Ana Bailão, a former Toronto city councillor and mayoral candidate, will lead Build Canada Homes

The approach - govt land for nonmarket hsg, definition of affordability, designated funds to address homelessness thru supportive hsg, including acquisition of apts, supporting construction innovation - is right. Now we need targets, timelines, action. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Industrial construction can create better and safer jobs. We’ll see!

Yes!

Carney to launch Build Canada Homes agency, announce initial public land development locations Ottawa on Sunday to also announce initiative aimed at addressing homelessness and housing insecurity

Gonna be a big day for housing announcements here in Canada. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Toronto Reference Library is the greatest building in the city. I will die on this hill.