Patrick Condon
@pmcondon2
UBC Prof. in urban design I treat all with respect - I ask the same. Blocks for those who dont. Book on why non market housing is our only hope. Link below
Finally. Sanity. "SUPPLY CONSTRAINTS DO NOT EXPLAIN HOUSE PRICE AND QUANTITY GROWTH" drive.google.com/file/d/15u9tIC…
The great ‘supply’ solution to Canada’s housing crisis flounders — further To understand why @MarkJCarney's goal of building 500k houses a year won't happen, look to New Zealand and the realities now of making a profit in real estate. #cdnpoli 1/2 vancouversun.com/opinion/column…
Can’t fix housing if the business model is the crisis
The recent housing report by Realosophy President John Pasalis is a masterclass on speaking the truth, when financial & political forces keep most housing 'experts' quiet. "Canada has built an economy where the best way to get rich isn’t to invent, create, or build anything—it’s…
Join us for the CHRA Housing Book Club, a bi-monthly gathering for housing professionals, advocates, and curious readers alike. Next Book Club: Sept 12 Broken City by @pmcondon2 Explore how we have let land use shift away from the common good. Learn more bit.ly/4lJscVD
27 experienced Vancouver city builders tell Carney stop the madness on housing “Without addressing land value inflation, financial speculation, and tenure security, supply-side interventions risk worsening the very crisis they aim to solve.” cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/adv…
Exactly. 💯
Meet the New Centrist Democrat Copying Zohran Mamdani This is incredible @heycappello
Draft Scot Hein.
Just in: The City of Vancouver's most senior bureaucrat, City Manager Paul Mochrie, is out, after Mayor Ken Sim announces that he and Mochrie have "mutually agreed that it was the right time for a leadership change."
I’ll take the job. lol. I have time on my hands now and can use 400k. Lol
Just in: The City of Vancouver's most senior bureaucrat, City Manager Paul Mochrie, is out, after Mayor Ken Sim announces that he and Mochrie have "mutually agreed that it was the right time for a leadership change."
Slogan for the day: If adding housing supply to existing neighborhoods lowered prices, as many contend, Vancouver should have North America's lowest prices. It has the highest. Want more? drive.google.com/file/d/1pwj80N…
Thank you Andy. No its not. Its the exact opposite.
447 page report dropped with less than 3 days for public review in the middle of summer. Is this how you can build trust in a planning process and a mayor and council? #vanpoli #vanre
It’s not supply and demand.
U.S. Housing Market has reached its most unaffordable level in history 🚨🚨
A massive report is going to City Council recommending pre-zoning Broadway & Cambie corridors. What impact will this have on property values? Don't ask BC Assessment deputy assessor. He didn't even know a report was going forward to council today. @jwhiteyvr
Slogan for the day: zoning is not the problem, it’s the solution.
