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August 10, 2025

Memo to Carney and Roberston on Fixing Housing

An Open Letter by Local Experts

A group of highly experienced urban experts have penned an open letter with suggestions on the housing crisis.  Some of their points:

“More supply alone won’t deliver affordability.”

“The current market correction presents an opportunity, not a threat.”

“We encourage and support building more affordable, livable housing rather than continuing to build the wrong kinds of housing, in the wrong places, for the wrong reasons.”

“Support gentle, ground-oriented density options that better match household needs and local context.”

We agree entirely, read more here:

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/07/29/Memo-Carney-Robertson-Fixing-Housing/

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Jericho Coalition demands halt to Vancouver’s Draft Official Development Plan for Jericho Lands – it lets developer drop social and below-market affordable housing unless subsidized at huge cost; massive 60 luxury high-rise towers up to 49-storeys would be highly profitable – and outrageously expensive to Vancouver, BC and federal taxpayers – also on the hook for unnecessary and super costly $8 to $10 billion SkyTrain extension to UBC

Vancouver’s Draft Official Development Plan for the Jericho Lands must be halted because it is a huge taxpayer giveaway to the developer, and alternatives should be considered.

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