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The US civil rights movement of the 1960s spawned the first housing trust as a way to separate land ownership from housing and therefore create more affordability in perpetuity. A non-profit trust is able to keep a lid on land prices by keeping the land out of the market.

Since this beginning, the number of […]

What Towers? 
Collage Poem from the September 7th Writing Group 

What is it to live here sitting on the edge of the water 
Unhinged. 

I have no sense of place where the creak on the stair 
and the cracks are familiar.
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I walk into […]

In Attendance: Lisa Dominato, Sarah Kirby-Yung, Peter Meiszner, Brian Montague

On Non-Market Housing…

• Commitment to doubling the number of co-ops.
• Leverage city-owned land throughout the city to deepen affordability. 
• Make the prioritisation of non-market housing a directive, and advocate for […]
  

REPLAN UPDATE – OCTOBER 8, 2022
Nathan Edelson, Project Manager

In a number of ways this has been a challenging year for the False Creek South Neighbourhood Association’s RePlan Committee – partly because Covid prevented face to face meetings with residents, partly because of the upcoming election, and […]

In Attendance: Sean Nardi, Grace Quan, Stephen Roberts, Param Nijjar, and Colleen Hardwick

On Non-Market Housing…

• TEAM released a plan to build 2000 co-op units on city land. 
• Model of FCS can be replicated in other communities; we need to lean on the provincial and […]
  

In Attendance: Christine Boyle

On Non-Market Housing…

• City has an important role to play around land, zoning, and affordable housing grants.
• Use city-owned land to build more co-op and non-profit housing without displacement.
• Planning schools and housing in tandem. Ensure […]
  

In Attendance: Fred Harding, Cinnamon Bhayani, Elaine Allan, Morning Lee

On Non-Market Housing…

• More publicity on the stability that co-op housing creates for families. 
• The City needs a bolder vision for city-owned land; create more recreational spaces like parks and plazas.
• […]
  

In Attendance: Stephanie Smith, Devyani Singh, Pete Fry, and Michael Wiebe

On Non-Market Housing…

• Support proactively building more non-profit housing and co-op housing.
• Public land, public good; the city should use publicly owned land to create deeper affordability by providing housing that is […]
  

In Attendance: Kennedy Stewart

On Non-Market Housing…

• Looking into acquiring more city land through accumulating single family lots in the South and West of the city to build ground-oriented affordable homes.
• Have the federal government match funding for housing. 

On The Role of Developers in the […]

In Attendance: Jean Swanson

On Non-Market Housing…

• Introduction of a Mansion Tax (increased property tax for mansions) could provide funds for building new co-op and non-market housing. 
• Use city-owned, provincial, and federal land for non-profit housing so the costs of building can be met while […]