Winter 2024, VOL. 64, NO. 4
More and more Canadians, young and old, are struggling under the weight of high rents, high mortgage payments, and intense competition for limited housing choices from coast to coast to coast. Policies and funding are now pivoting to confront the housing crisis on a scale not seen in generations. These are extraordinary times for planners. Planners are positioned at all levels of government, First Nations, the private sector, and the non-profit sector to meet the moment and help deliver net new housing supply.
Good planning practice should ideally be informed by unvarnished evidence and a reasoned understanding of development economics and the cause and effect of policy. The Winter 2024 issue of Plan Canada is intended to share critical perspectives of current efforts to expand the housing supply in urban, suburban, and rural communities. These critical perspectives include the pros, cons, uncertainties, intended effects, and, where appropriate, the real or potential unintended consequences.
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In this issue…
Articles
Reconciliation in Action – How Indigenous-led Development in Vancouver Is Redefining Housing in B.C. By Glenn Miller
Designing An Inclusive Housing System – Towards A First Nations Community-Led Housing Supply Process By Shelagh McCartney, Michael McKay, Jeffrey Herskovits, and Jamie Saunders
Housing Shortages and Doubled Up Households By Nathanael Lauster and Jens von Bergmann
The Case for Single-Egress – Building Code Reform as a Tool to Achieve Planning Objectives By Gavin Williamson
Can Land Value Tax Promote Housing Affordability? Examining The Impacts of Shifting Property Taxes Exclusively to Land By Floyd Marinescu, Liam Wilkinson, and Ken Yang
Dialogue on Housing Supply and Public Engagement By Emilie K Adin and Catherine Rockandel
A Delicate Balance – Edmonton Planning Policies Consider Unprecedented Growth and Housing Affordability By Christel Kjenner and Sarah Wilmot
Equitable Transit-Oriented Communities Revisited By Raymond Kan, James Stiver, and Lilian Chau
Columns
Editors’ Note | Mot de la redaction By Ray Kan and Arlene Etchen
Fellows Corner | De côté des Fellows By Mohammad A. Qadeer
Book Review | Critique de livre
Passings | Necrologies
Planner’s Bookshelf | L’étagère du planificateur
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