"How to improve the feasibility of infill housing (in Toronto)"

Brandon Donnelly | February 26, 2025

Here’s an interesting Twitter thread by Zoë Coombes describing the crossroads that Toronto finds itself at when it comes to housing. We know we need to build more urban housing geared towards families.

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"This S.F. affordable housing project is building faster and cheaper apartments. Here’s how"

SF Chronicle | February 22, 2025

In late 2023, construction crews demolishing an empty warehouse at 1633 Valencia St. uncovered a century-old, hand-painted ad for the “Chevrolet Six,” a “ghost sign” that became the talk of the neighborhood in San Francisco’s Mission-Bernal enclave.

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"How Zoning Ruined the Housing Market in Blue-State America"

Wall Street Journal | February 14, 2025

For a century, progressives have been making it harder to build new homes in prosperous areas. Workers, immigrants and the economy pay the price.

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"Aging Boomers Are About to Rekindle the Senior-Housing Market"

Wall Street Journal | February 11, 2025

The oldest baby boomers turn 80 in less than a year, and the senior housing market is moving from glut to shortage

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"How Progressives Froze the American Dream"

The Atlantic | February 10, 2025

The U.S. was once the world’s most geographically mobile society. Now we’re stuck in place—and that’s a very big problem.

 

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"America’s “First Car-Free Neighborhood” Is Going Pretty Good, Actually?"

Dwell | February 7, 2025

Since breaking ground in 2021, Culdesac Tempe has had its share of detractors and skeptics. But none of them live there.

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