New CHSP release today, glad to see StatCan add important framing to the data on "investor owned condos". And provide some estimates of the effect of excluding buildings owned by a single investor, although that still does not account for e.g. many MURB buildings.
Housing Nationalism has been on the rise around the world, and it's not at all surprising to see it show up in the US elections. @jensvb.bsky.socialopen.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/c...
More evidence that we should pay increased attention to how housing policy interacts with nationalist ideologies. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/XAIIJ...
Housing Nationalism, when we blame housing issues on the foreign, and use housing as a realm to advance nationalist thought. Not just a US problem, but the US sure knows how to skip the subtleties and ratchet this up.
The “us and them” title of the documentary series seems to have compelled them to “both sides” the question of whether housing is good, actually…
Re-watched the Vancouver part of this video today. First Nations are forging ahead while local area man erratically paddles backward. In this particular instance backpaddling won’t make a difference, but it’s a reminder to how much work is left to be done. youtu.be/1vNXQgaQSlE
YouTube video by DW Documentary
Friends (in Taiwan) recently built a fancy house with open kitchen and induction stove plus a separate enclosed "wok kitchen" with gas stove and industrial level range hood. They never use the gas stove, always induction. If they want food they would have to use the gas stove for they eat out.
Every country gets the housing crisis they deserve based on the quality of their media coverage, UK edition:
Probably not a coincidence that in these times where bullshit already abounds we invented the ultimate bullshit machines. Patiently waiting for the post-bullshit area where we care again if something is right or wrong, even if this is messy and often can’t be answered with confidence, or at all.
