THE CANADIAN URBAN CONDITION: Promise, Crisis, and the Future of the Canadian City
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45697395
> cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44871793
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> > https://curmudgeonlycanadian.substack.com/p/the-canadian-urban-condition
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> > The Canadian Urban Condition: From Promise to Policy Failure — and Back. A critical essay on Canada’s urban crisis — housing, homelessness, zoning, transit, fiscal federalism. Not fate: policy.
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> > Canada’s cities didn’t fail by accident. For thirty years we made policy choices that produced scarcity—and then tried to manage the optics.
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> > For decades, Canada treated its cities like ATMs and battlegrounds — without giving them the tools to build. The result is a housing crisis we can see from every park encampment to every impossible lease renewal.
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> > This essay lays out what a serious city‑building agenda would require: real supply, rebuilt non‑market housing, zoning reform near transit, and fiscal tools that match responsibilities. Would value your perspective from the ground.
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> > https://curmudgeonlycanadian.substack.com/p/the-canadian-urban-condition
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> > #Urbanism #CanadaHousing #HousingPolicy #Transit #ZoningReform
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> > urbanism, housing policy, Canada, homelessness, zoning, transit, political economy, non-market housing, fiscal federalism, land value tax
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> cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44871793
>
> >
> > https://curmudgeonlycanadian.substack.com/p/the-canadian-urban-condition
> >
> > The Canadian Urban Condition: From Promise to Policy Failure — and Back. A critical essay on Canada’s urban crisis — housing, homelessness, zoning, transit, fiscal federalism. Not fate: policy.
> >
> > Canada’s cities didn’t fail by accident. For thirty years we made policy choices that produced scarcity—and then tried to manage the optics.
> >
> > For decades, Canada treated its cities like ATMs and battlegrounds — without giving them the tools to build. The result is a housing crisis we can see from every park encampment to every impossible lease renewal.
> >
> > This essay lays out what a serious city‑building agenda would require: real supply, rebuilt non‑market housing, zoning reform near transit, and fiscal tools that match responsibilities. Would value your perspective from the ground.
> >
> > https://curmudgeonlycanadian.substack.com/p/the-canadian-urban-condition
> >
> > #Urbanism #CanadaHousing #HousingPolicy #Transit #ZoningReform
> >
> > urbanism, housing policy, Canada, homelessness, zoning, transit, political economy, non-market housing, fiscal federalism, land value tax
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