Oh The Urbanity!

“Neighbours over NIMBYs” — that’s a sticker we saw on the back of a sign in Edmonton, Alberta, and it gives a hint as to some of the attitudes that make this maybe the most forward-thinking city for housing reform in North America.

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References:

Two homes to 16-unit townhouse complex: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/neighbours-become-business-partners-in-north-glenora-infill-project-1.5754031 (also: https://engaged.edmonton.ca/t5mconnectdc2) Church development: https://rightathomehousing.com/turning-sod-affordable-housing-built-westmount-area/ Skinny homes legalized in 2013: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-infill-skinny-homes-1.4689007 Skinny homes approvals: https://www.edmonton.ca/public-files/assets/document?path=PDF/SkinnyHomes_InfillInEdmonton_2016.pdf Edmonton eliminated parking mandates: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-got-rid-of-parking-minimums-2-years-ago-what-has-happened-since-then-1.6680750 Canadian Home Builders’ Association municipal rankings: https://www.chba.ca/municipal-benchmarking/ Report on housing from Canada’s federal housing authority: https://assets.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/sf/project/cmhc/pdfs/content/en/69262.pdf Edmonton mayor on homelessness support: https://medium.com/mayorsohi/edmonton-city-council-requests-provincial-support-for-community-safety-and-well-being-22b5ed142efd California mountain lion city: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/05/california-woodside-mountain-lions-development Mayor of Windsor, Ontario: https://twitter.com/drewdilkens/status/1752843859661295872 Mayor named to housing team: https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/dilkens-named-chair-of-new-ontario-housing-team

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Montreal’s urban transformation to become less car-dominated and more livable is nothing short of amazing. By now everyone knows about the big examples like the very well-used express bike corridor on Saint-Denis or the lively car-free summer streets, but if you walk or bike around the city you’ll encounter dozens more changes, big and small, that have only happened over the past decade or so. The thing is, you might not know that the changes were new, and that the city wasn’t always like this. In this video we’re going to highlight 25 recent, ongoing, or upcoming improvements we’ve never covered before that show how cities everywhere can turn the page on car-centric design.

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