“Missing Middle Housing is a range of house-scale buildings with multiple units—compatible in scale and form with detached single-family homes—located in a walkable neighbourhood.” – Missing Middle Housing
“The Pulse” @ Vancouver Co-Op Radio, CRFO 100.5 FM, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A single-family home may be our current vision of ideal housing but that picture is no longer realistic, says housing advocate Bruce Haden.
Continue reading Missing Middle HousingBy Sam Dharmasena, CJRU 1280 AM – Ryerson University’s campus and community multi-media hub, Local Journalism Initiative.
Supporting Our Unhoused Neighbours is a recently-launched fundraising campaign by social venture Building Roots and the volunteers of Encampment Support Network (ESN). CJRU spoke with Building Roots’ outreach coordinator Hannah Backman about their campaign, the interlocking nature of food insecurity and other social disparities, and how they’re responding to the pandemic.
Continue reading Toronto: supporting our unhoused neighbours campaign“The Pulse” @ Vancouver Co-Op Radio, CRFO 100.5 FM, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Affordable housing is within reach for British Columbians with a manageable amount of government investment, says a housing expert.
Continue reading Affordable housing is within reach for British ColumbiansAfter 24 minutes of debate, the SRD passed Rainbow Ridge’s application to have a six acre portion of land rezoned to facilitate the development of up to 22 seniors’ and affordable housing units.
Continue reading The SRD passed Rainbow Ridge’s applicationEditor’s note: In a previous interview, Sue Moen from the Campbell River and District Coalition to End Homelessness said the roots of our current real estate crisis are in decades of housing policy. The following broadcast, from Vancouver Co-op Radio, explores this idea in more depth.
“The Pulse” @ Vancouver Co-Op Radio, CRFO 100.5 FM, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
For Vancouverites, the drastic increase in unaffordability in the city only became an issue in the last 15 years, but an urban affairs reporter says the crisis has its roots in decades of housing policy.
Continue reading decades of housing policy caused the affordability crisis
