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neil21 @neil21.bsky.social · 12h

The perfect warm up round the corner from @modacitylife.com book talk at 7!

Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · 13h

The weather is cooling down, the leaves are falling, and the October Happy Hour with Abundant Housing Vancouver is coming up!

Thursday, Oct 9
Rogue Wetbar in Waterfront Station
Starting 5 pm

See you there!

Happy Hour with Abundant Housing Vancouver

Come meet your pro-housing neighbours at happy hour with AHV!

www.eventbrite.ca

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Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · 13h

The weather is cooling down, the leaves are falling, and the October Happy Hour with Abundant Housing Vancouver is coming up!

Thursday, Oct 9
Rogue Wetbar in Waterfront Station
Starting 5 pm

See you there!

Happy Hour with Abundant Housing Vancouver

Come meet your pro-housing neighbours at happy hour with AHV!

www.eventbrite.ca

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 16d

Vancouver (Extra) Special

33' lots
4 and 6 storey single-stair buildings.
3Br accessible flats, adjacent to a park.

(sketchup / ai render)

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Peter Waldkirch @pwaldkirch.bsky.social · 19d

I'm excited about @ahvancouver.bsky.social's Vancouver's Worst Zoning Walking Tour, TOMORROW!

Details below. This is a fun and social way to learn about a neighbourhood you probably didn't even know existed, but that has a lot to tell us about why we're in a housing crisis!

Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · 29d

We haven't done this tour since 2021, so this is a great opportunity to come see a neighbourhood you probably didn't even know existed, learn why it needs to change, and what it tells us about why Vancouver is in a housing crisis!

Vancouver's Worst Zoning: The Walking Tour

We have heard rumours that much of Vancouver is reserved by the government just for mansion owners. Let's go investigate.

www.eventbrite.ca

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Peter Waldkirch @pwaldkirch.bsky.social · 23d

Trust me...it's SHOCKING!

Come join @ahvancouver.bsky.social for the Worst Zoning Walking Tour THIS SATURDAY! Details below!

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Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · 28d

"Bills like SB 79 are needed because a city’s land use [adversely impacts] the lives of many thousands more people than the ones currently living within its borders. When costs are borne by everyone, then it is only fair that everyone gets a vote."
calmatters.org/comme...
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The longer California squabbles over 'local control,' the more people it pushes to other states | Opinion

California’s housing crisis proves that control and decision-making authority can no longer be local when the consequences are universal.

calmatters.org

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Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · 28d

Local control doesn't work:
"The result is an equilibrium that serves no one besides wealthy coastal homeowners. ~11% of San Joaquin County residents... drive more than 90 minutes each way to ... work... most of whom earn under $49,000/year & work blue-collar jobs..."
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The longer California squabbles over ‘local control,’ the more people it pushes to other states
September 10, 2025 by Stan Oklobdzija
Republish

High-rise buildings under construction overlooking a transit stop as a train approaches the station.
A transit train passes a construction project in downtown Los Angeles on March 6, 2017. Photo by Mike Blake, Reuters

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Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · 29d

Our monthly happy hour is this week! Come say hi, chat housing, and meet some of your pro-housing neighbours!

This Thursday, Sept 11, starting at 5 pm
Rogue Kitchen & Wetbar in Waterfront Station

Abundant Housing Vancouver Happy Hour

Come meet your pro-housing neighbours at happy hour with AHV!

www.eventbrite.ca

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Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · 29d

We haven't done this tour since 2021, so this is a great opportunity to come see a neighbourhood you probably didn't even know existed, learn why it needs to change, and what it tells us about why Vancouver is in a housing crisis!

Vancouver's Worst Zoning: The Walking Tour

We have heard rumours that much of Vancouver is reserved by the government just for mansion owners. Let's go investigate.

www.eventbrite.ca

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Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · 29d

What mysteries lie behind the hedges of Belmont Ave?

Come learn on our next walking tour: VANCOUVER'S WORST ZONING!

When: September 20th, 2 pm
Where: We meet at Belmont & Blanca

RSVP and more details at the Eventbrite page below!

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Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thomas Davidoff...said cases like this are why it’s important to keep an eye on how local governments implement laws that come from higher up.

“Housing supply is not just what you can build, but how easy it is to build it," Somerville said.

Tale of two cities: Why Kelowna built more upzoned housing than Coquitlam

Kelowna and Coquitlam created similar policies to get more housing built, but each city had very different results and a new study has found out why.Both cities were upzoned, meaning they allowed developers to put severa

infotel.ca

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Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · Sep 4

www.nsnews.com/the-m...
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Renters need to make over $78,000 to have affordable rent in Vancouver, Toronto: CCPA

TORONTO — Renters in Toronto and Vancouver need to earn over $78,000 a year for the average rent on a one-bedroom apartment to be considered affordable, says a report out Thursday that raises concerns about the cost burden.

www.nsnews.com

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Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · Sep 4

Vancouver is the most unaffordable city for renters in Canada, but is not making progress on building apartments compared to cities like Calgary and Edmonton, or even the rest of Metro Vancouver.
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Vancouver apartment starts all-time peak was in 2016 at about 277% of the '02-'05 average and are now within the range they have been over the last 25 years. Calgary starts are now 550% of their '02-'05 average.

Montreal (V) and Vancouver (CY) now have the lowest apartment starts in absolute terms, well behind the rest of Metro Van, rest of Montreal agglomeration, and Calgary (CY), and significantly below Edmonton.

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Ghouly Hoye 🇨🇦 👻 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · Sep 2

I attended an Abundant Housing event like this a couple of years ago in the UEL and it was excellent. Highly recommend if you’re in the Vancouver area.

Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · Sep 2

Apartment buildings are still banned on most of Vancouver's residential land, but some areas go much further, effectively reserving whole areas for mansions.

On Saturday, September 20, at 2pm, come explore Vancouver's Worst Zoning with us!

www.eventbrite.com/e/vancouvers...

Vancouver's Worst Zoning: The Walking Tour

We have heard rumours that much of Vancouver is reserved by the government just for mansion owners. Let's go investigate.

www.eventbrite.com

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Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · Sep 2

Apartment buildings are still banned on most of Vancouver's residential land, but some areas go much further, effectively reserving whole areas for mansions.

On Saturday, September 20, at 2pm, come explore Vancouver's Worst Zoning with us!

www.eventbrite.com/e/vancouvers...

Vancouver's Worst Zoning: The Walking Tour

We have heard rumours that much of Vancouver is reserved by the government just for mansion owners. Let's go investigate.

www.eventbrite.com

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Peter Waldkirch @pwaldkirch.bsky.social · Aug 25

The City posted this on the other site, and they're right: Vancouver is carefully planned.

Which means it's fair to judge planners on the outcomes they've achieved:

✅housing crisis
✅lack of affordability
✅long commutes
✅entire generations being told they'll never live in the city
✅HOUSING CRISIS

A tweet posted by the City of Vancouver reading:

Ever wonder how Vancouver grows? it's not random, it's all carefully planned. From housing to transit to green spaces, urban planning makes all the pieces of our city fit together.

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Peter Waldkirch @pwaldkirch.bsky.social · Aug 14

This is tonight--hope to see you there!

Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · Aug 11

Our monthly happy hour is this Thursday, August 14! We're back at the Rogue at Waterfront Station, starting at 5 pm (but drop by when you can!). Hope to see you there!

www.eventbrite.ca/e/...

Abundant Housing Vancouver Thursday Happy Hour

Come meet your pro-housing neighbours at happy hour with AHV!

www.eventbrite.ca

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Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · Aug 13

The Federal government needs to demand much better zoning or their pre-fab investments will be a waste.

Even the TOAs in Metro Van allow only small, 200m circles @ >12 storeys, and BC does not require zoning proactively even within those small areas.

Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · Aug 13

UBC Brock Commons:
- Attractive and flexible architecture
- 18 storeys (not permitted by right almost anywhere in Canadian cities)
- 300 homes (so perhaps 1500 needed in Toronto, similar in Vancouver) www.naturallywood.com/projects/bro...

Brock Commons Tallwood House | Education (Post-secondary) Wood Design + Construction | naturally:wood

Brock Commons Tallwood House is an 18-storey mass timber hybrid at UBC, showcasing sustainable prefabricated high-rise wood construction.

www.naturallywood.com

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Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · Aug 11

Our monthly happy hour is this Thursday, August 14! We're back at the Rogue at Waterfront Station, starting at 5 pm (but drop by when you can!). Hope to see you there!

www.eventbrite.ca/e/...

Abundant Housing Vancouver Thursday Happy Hour

Come meet your pro-housing neighbours at happy hour with AHV!

www.eventbrite.ca

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Anna Fahey @trufahey.bsky.social · Jul 24

Small elevators, an unsung hero of affordable, accessible city living.

#apartments

Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · Jul 23

www.theglobeandmail....

Canada’s outdated elevator rules are adding to the housing crisis

The high cost of elevators is a barrier to the development of affordable, accessible homes

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Dr. CSP @drcsp.bsky.social · Jul 24

“While nearly the entire world has harmonized on a single set of European-derived elevator standards, North America writes its own. You can sell the same elevator from Switzerland to New Zealand and almost everywhere in between, but not in Canada”

Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · Jul 23

www.theglobeandmail....

Canada’s outdated elevator rules are adding to the housing crisis

The high cost of elevators is a barrier to the development of affordable, accessible homes

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · Jul 23

www.theglobeandmail....

Canada’s outdated elevator rules are adding to the housing crisis

The high cost of elevators is a barrier to the development of affordable, accessible homes

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · Jul 17

Some possible priorities include:
- Designating more TOAs, e.g. around busy express buses like the 99 B-Line
- Mandating allowing apartments near frequent transit & major job centres
- Ensuring all cities have *viable* capacity in their ODP to meet housing needs
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Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · Jul 17

And congrats to Minister Ravi Kahlon on his new role! Under his tenure, the ministry set up a good foundation for holding city governments accountable for the housing needs of their residents. We look forward to seeing how Minister Boyle builds on that success!
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Minister Kahlon sitting down for a conversation with AHV's Peter Waldkirch

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Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · Jul 17

Congrats to Housing Minister Christine Boyle on her appointment! She has long been a strong advocate for both social housing & broad affordability. 2 years ago she pushed to allow more housing in Shaughnessy; now she can do that along with all of West Van & Oak Bay!
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Screenshot of Council meeting with then-Councillor Christine Boyle responding to questions about her motion "Unlocking Shaughnessy: Building Affordable Housing Options for All of Us."

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