More Neighbours Calgary
@moreneighboursyyc.bsky.social
Calgary's pro-housing movement
Happening tomorrow! With @housingnowto.bsky.social
We are excited to host Mark Richardson of HousingNowTO for a presentation on affordable housing, and what Calgary housing advocates can learn from Toronto.
This will be a great opportunity to learn more about housing and connect with Calgary's pro-housing community.
RSVP here: tinyurl.com/yuskes4b
This will be a great opportunity to learn more about housing and connect with Calgary's pro-housing community.
RSVP here: tinyurl.com/yuskes4b
August 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Happening tomorrow! With @housingnowto.bsky.social
We are excited to host Mark Richardson of HousingNowTO for a presentation on affordable housing, and what Calgary housing advocates can learn from Toronto.
This will be a great opportunity to learn more about housing and connect with Calgary's pro-housing community.
RSVP here: tinyurl.com/yuskes4b
This will be a great opportunity to learn more about housing and connect with Calgary's pro-housing community.
RSVP here: tinyurl.com/yuskes4b
August 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
We are excited to host Mark Richardson of HousingNowTO for a presentation on affordable housing, and what Calgary housing advocates can learn from Toronto.
This will be a great opportunity to learn more about housing and connect with Calgary's pro-housing community.
RSVP here: tinyurl.com/yuskes4b
This will be a great opportunity to learn more about housing and connect with Calgary's pro-housing community.
RSVP here: tinyurl.com/yuskes4b
Welcome to Bluesky @morehomescanada.bsky.social !
Hi, we're More Homes Canada, an umbrella group for housing orgs across the country. We want to build more homes because everyone deserves a safe, affordable place to live.
April 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Welcome to Bluesky @morehomescanada.bsky.social !
Great to see so much support at today's public hearing for this much-needed project.
NEW: Calgary city council approves the zoning to make way for Minto’s proposed residential development at the former Viscount Bennett School site.
Note: Vote was 9-5 as Coun. Chu meant to vote against and it was changed on the record.
Note: Vote was 9-5 as Coun. Chu meant to vote against and it was changed on the record.
April 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Great to see so much support at today's public hearing for this much-needed project.
This will be a great interactive event for anyone who wants to make our city better for everyone. Find out how you can participate building a more equitable and sustainable Calgary.
Sign up here: calgarysfuture.ca/actions/what...
Sign up here: calgarysfuture.ca/actions/what...
Want to hear the latest on housing in #yyc? Join us March 8th for our talk What's Next For Housing with More Neighbours Calgary and Good Neighbour.
We’ll take a look at what we’ve accomplished together, where we are now and how we can make an impact in 2025.
RSVP: calgarysfuture.ca/actions/what...
We’ll take a look at what we’ve accomplished together, where we are now and how we can make an impact in 2025.
RSVP: calgarysfuture.ca/actions/what...
February 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This will be a great interactive event for anyone who wants to make our city better for everyone. Find out how you can participate building a more equitable and sustainable Calgary.
Sign up here: calgarysfuture.ca/actions/what...
Sign up here: calgarysfuture.ca/actions/what...
When are we going to stop treating housing like it's pollution? This is an appalling outcome.
February 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
When are we going to stop treating housing like it's pollution? This is an appalling outcome.
Nerdfighters for more neighbours!
The take I am most certain of that gets me in the most trouble is just "The reason homes are so expensive is because there are not enough of them, so we really really really need to build more of them."
January 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Nerdfighters for more neighbours!
December 10, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Have a read of our recap of last week's bittersweet public hearing.
Thanks to all who showed up in support of low-income and transit-oriented housing!
open.substack.com/pub/moreneig...
Thanks to all who showed up in support of low-income and transit-oriented housing!
open.substack.com/pub/moreneig...
Dec 3 Public Hearing Recap: Council Kills Crucial Transit-Oriented Development (and some positive non-market news!)
Or: Why we have a housing crisis.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Have a read of our recap of last week's bittersweet public hearing.
Thanks to all who showed up in support of low-income and transit-oriented housing!
open.substack.com/pub/moreneig...
Thanks to all who showed up in support of low-income and transit-oriented housing!
open.substack.com/pub/moreneig...
One wonders who our city council actually represents?
🛑🏠In voting to block 1,100 new homes in Calgary yesterday, eight housing gatekeepers on Calgary city councillors sided with the same vocal minority of NIMBYs who previously opposed bus rapid transit to their southwest communities.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
December 7, 2024 at 3:02 AM
One wonders who our city council actually represents?
Reposted by More Neighbours Calgary
There are many reasons that Calgary doesn't have enough truly-affordable housing, but public hearings like the one happening right now are a big part of it. www.youtube.com/live/L9CBK7Q...
December 4, 2024 at 4:06 AM
There are many reasons that Calgary doesn't have enough truly-affordable housing, but public hearings like the one happening right now are a big part of it. www.youtube.com/live/L9CBK7Q...
Thanks to everyone who came out for Non-Market Housing 101!
We need to be saying yes... and to all types of housing. It was great to hear from those building affordable housing in our city.
We need to be saying yes... and to all types of housing. It was great to hear from those building affordable housing in our city.
December 1, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Thanks to everyone who came out for Non-Market Housing 101!
We need to be saying yes... and to all types of housing. It was great to hear from those building affordable housing in our city.
We need to be saying yes... and to all types of housing. It was great to hear from those building affordable housing in our city.
This is happening today! Join us to learn more about how you can support affordable housing in Calgary.
Everyone agrees that Calgary needs more truly affordable, non-market housing. Why is it so hard to actually get it built?
Join us to learn more about the barriers to affordable housing, and how you can support these projects. (Snacks provided!)
Register here: tinyurl.com/MoreNeighbours
Join us to learn more about the barriers to affordable housing, and how you can support these projects. (Snacks provided!)
Register here: tinyurl.com/MoreNeighbours
November 30, 2024 at 3:35 PM
This is happening today! Join us to learn more about how you can support affordable housing in Calgary.
A timely message for National Housing Day.
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Public officials need to decide whether they prefer being punished for failing to solve the housing crisis because they've adopted milquetoast policies, or for doing things that upset NIMBYs but actually solve the problem. Electorally, there are no painless options, only solutions and nonsolutions.
November 23, 2024 at 3:05 AM
A timely message for National Housing Day.
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@amoralorealis.bsky.social is one of the best communicators on the causes and effects of our broken housing system in the entire internet.
One reason I left Twitter was because of the nonstop (in-) fighting between the centre/centre left and the left in housing circles. In an effort to build a bridge early on here, I’m going to talk about my experience, both lived, and as an academic/activist. To kick things off: zoning is racist.
November 20, 2024 at 4:15 AM
@amoralorealis.bsky.social is one of the best communicators on the causes and effects of our broken housing system in the entire internet.
Everyone agrees that Calgary needs more truly affordable, non-market housing. Why is it so hard to actually get it built?
Join us to learn more about the barriers to affordable housing, and how you can support these projects. (Snacks provided!)
Register here: tinyurl.com/MoreNeighbours
Join us to learn more about the barriers to affordable housing, and how you can support these projects. (Snacks provided!)
Register here: tinyurl.com/MoreNeighbours
November 19, 2024 at 4:27 AM
Everyone agrees that Calgary needs more truly affordable, non-market housing. Why is it so hard to actually get it built?
Join us to learn more about the barriers to affordable housing, and how you can support these projects. (Snacks provided!)
Register here: tinyurl.com/MoreNeighbours
Join us to learn more about the barriers to affordable housing, and how you can support these projects. (Snacks provided!)
Register here: tinyurl.com/MoreNeighbours
Great thread on today's budget adjustments hearing.
Today is an important public hearing day at #yyccc. It’s the day that council undertakes mid-cycle budget adjustments. Effectively, it’s an opportunity to realign the multi-year budget with emerging priorities & back up council decisions with $$. Here’s a quick 🧵on my thoughts👇
November 18, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Great thread on today's budget adjustments hearing.
An anti-housing lawsuit here in Calgary kinda gets the point by missing the point: Public hearings are not democratic and representative processes.
More, including a video from Utaye Lee on the subject here: open.substack.com/pub/moreneig...
More, including a video from Utaye Lee on the subject here: open.substack.com/pub/moreneig...
November 14, 2024 at 5:13 PM
An anti-housing lawsuit here in Calgary kinda gets the point by missing the point: Public hearings are not democratic and representative processes.
More, including a video from Utaye Lee on the subject here: open.substack.com/pub/moreneig...
More, including a video from Utaye Lee on the subject here: open.substack.com/pub/moreneig...
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The Housing Accelerator Fund has been in the news lately. While the program's core idea is fantastic, the federal government and CMHC have left it riddled with governance and transparency issues.
I'll illustrate using the federal agreement with Calgary as an example.
I'll illustrate using the federal agreement with Calgary as an example.
November 13, 2024 at 2:43 AM
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"R-CG is more than a theoretical planning concept or piece of municipal jargon: it is housing for people. Our housing crisis will only get worse if we fail to act."
Read our official submission to City Council in support of Rezoning for Housing.
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Read our official submission to City Council in support of Rezoning for Housing.
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April 12, 2024 at 10:14 PM
"R-CG is more than a theoretical planning concept or piece of municipal jargon: it is housing for people. Our housing crisis will only get worse if we fail to act."
Read our official submission to City Council in support of Rezoning for Housing.
static1.squarespace.com/static/63811...
Read our official submission to City Council in support of Rezoning for Housing.
static1.squarespace.com/static/63811...
Join us for another in-person event to learn more about housing and get to know your neighbours.
We'll have a lively talk about zoning reform, Jane Jacobs, and the Nimbee.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/more-neigh...
We'll have a lively talk about zoning reform, Jane Jacobs, and the Nimbee.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/more-neigh...
March 4, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Join us for another in-person event to learn more about housing and get to know your neighbours.
We'll have a lively talk about zoning reform, Jane Jacobs, and the Nimbee.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/more-neigh...
We'll have a lively talk about zoning reform, Jane Jacobs, and the Nimbee.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/more-neigh...
In which we take a look at the impact of citywide rezoning after 10 years:
moreneighbourscalgary.substack.com/p/lets-get-n...
moreneighbourscalgary.substack.com/p/lets-get-n...
Let's Get Nerdy: Visualizing the Impacts of Rezoning for Housing
Using data to see exactly how not-big-of-a-deal this rezoning plan is.
moreneighbourscalgary.substack.com
February 15, 2024 at 10:00 PM
In which we take a look at the impact of citywide rezoning after 10 years:
moreneighbourscalgary.substack.com/p/lets-get-n...
moreneighbourscalgary.substack.com/p/lets-get-n...
Interested in learning more about housing policy, make some new pro-housing friends, and learn how to advocate to make our city a better place?
Join More Neighbours Calgary on February 3 for a chance to do all of the above!
Registration required:
www.eventbrite.com/e/more-neigh...
Join More Neighbours Calgary on February 3 for a chance to do all of the above!
Registration required:
www.eventbrite.com/e/more-neigh...
January 25, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Interested in learning more about housing policy, make some new pro-housing friends, and learn how to advocate to make our city a better place?
Join More Neighbours Calgary on February 3 for a chance to do all of the above!
Registration required:
www.eventbrite.com/e/more-neigh...
Join More Neighbours Calgary on February 3 for a chance to do all of the above!
Registration required:
www.eventbrite.com/e/more-neigh...
Reposted by More Neighbours Calgary
The trolley problem but the problem is the United States ripped out nearly all of its trolleys.
November 26, 2023 at 6:32 PM
The trolley problem but the problem is the United States ripped out nearly all of its trolleys.
Our friends at Strong Towns Calgary are hosting a free event this Monday. This is a great chance to learn about resilient cities, innovative housing solutions, and to meet some like-minded Calgarians.
www.eventbrite.com/e/strong-tow...
www.eventbrite.com/e/strong-tow...
November 24, 2023 at 10:25 PM
Our friends at Strong Towns Calgary are hosting a free event this Monday. This is a great chance to learn about resilient cities, innovative housing solutions, and to meet some like-minded Calgarians.
www.eventbrite.com/e/strong-tow...
www.eventbrite.com/e/strong-tow...