Carolyn Whitzman @CWhitzman
Policy wonk. Loves: affordable housing, evidence, the public realm. Dislikes: xenophobia, cowardice. Author, Home Truths: Fixing Canada’s Housing Crisis (2024). uniweb.uottawa.ca/members/4457/p… Ottawa, Ontario Joined May 2011-
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I wish the Liberals had gone much farther on capital gains. cbc.ca/news/politics/…
Pssst… your racism is showing. “What kind of security are we going to have in the neighbourhood? What kind of supervision is there going to be over the site? How are issues going to be dealt with,"
Non-market community housing stabilizes the rental market and creates affordability.
Non-market community housing stabilizes the rental market and creates affordability.
The vast majority of Toronto neighbourhoods have fewer people living in them today than in 1971, despite a doubling in overall in population. Toronto needs to upzone these neighbourhoods to 6-8 storeys, in particular.
Why can’t Canadian cities have great family-friendly apartments?
Why can’t Canadian cities have great family-friendly apartments?
Worldly Wednesday 🌏 Any 2-story rowhouse in Tokyo, the owner can operate a restaurant, boutique, or small workshop on the ground floor. That gives the city an incredible supply of potential unique microspaces that are affordable for entrepreneurs. Ottawa should legalize this.
We need low interest construction financing. Trying to fight inflation by making home construction more expensive is dumb.
We need low interest construction financing. Trying to fight inflation by making home construction more expensive is dumb.
Linking max bldg height to width of street is fine. In Japan, 4m wide street (a lane in TO) can have 2 storeys without a setback. In TO, average res street width is 15-22m. That should be fine for 6 storeys as of right on any street, with 12-16 on any minor arterial.
Linking max bldg height to width of street is fine. In Japan, 4m wide street (a lane in TO) can have 2 storeys without a setback. In TO, average res street width is 15-22m. That should be fine for 6 storeys as of right on any street, with 12-16 on any minor arterial.
This is brilliantly done. The solution is simple, let’s not overcomplicate it. #housingfirst
This is brilliantly done. The solution is simple, let’s not overcomplicate it. #housingfirst
Interesting Twitter is not real life. #cdnpoli
Also, before i sign off, i’d like to note that non-market housing also helps loosen the market by creating vacancy chains, as people move out of pricey rentals to places they can actually afford.
The hyperventilating about deficits is really bananas. Canada is struggling because of a lack of investment, our inability to build things (like housing), a lack of competition, and growth through increased labour rather than increased productivity. Deficits a sideshow.
The hyperventilating about deficits is really bananas. Canada is struggling because of a lack of investment, our inability to build things (like housing), a lack of competition, and growth through increased labour rather than increased productivity. Deficits a sideshow.
It’s not only ‘huge grants’, but also low cost long term financing & free leased govt land plus property tax & development charge waivers (indirect subsidies that are rarely stacked). Other countries/ cities do it at scale, why can’t the GTHA?
It’s not only ‘huge grants’, but also low cost long term financing & free leased govt land plus property tax & development charge waivers (indirect subsidies that are rarely stacked). Other countries/ cities do it at scale, why can’t the GTHA?
So pre-zoned high density sites can now be picked up at a low price for nonmarket affordable family friendly rental housing, if any level of government wanted to directly build that? Awesome! And yes, I'm being deliberately provocative. /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
The Doug ford conservative government lowered spending on community housing 70%. Seems like for every new dollar the Feds put into housing, the provincial conservatives will reduce their spending in that area by more than a dollar. This goes beyond simply being incompetent.
The Doug ford conservative government lowered spending on community housing 70%. Seems like for every new dollar the Feds put into housing, the provincial conservatives will reduce their spending in that area by more than a dollar. This goes beyond simply being incompetent.
This panel with @oliviachow & @pfragiskatos was a pleasure to moderate and is worth a view!
This panel with @oliviachow & @pfragiskatos was a pleasure to moderate and is worth a view!
Cool fun with numbers. Although I don’t gaf about SFH.
Cool fun with numbers. Although I don’t gaf about SFH.
Right on. Enable small apartments through 4 storey no unit maximum as of right & building code change.
Right on. Enable small apartments through 4 storey no unit maximum as of right & building code change.
One of Canada’s best performing politicians right now.
One of Canada’s best performing politicians right now.
Thanks @tylermeredith. Social assistance has declined in real terms in all provinces since the 1990s, a recipe for poverty & homelessness.
Thanks @tylermeredith. Social assistance has declined in real terms in all provinces since the 1990s, a recipe for poverty & homelessness.
Toon_Dreessen @Toon_Dreessen
5K Followers 3K Following Architect Husband Dad he/him; past pres @oaarchitects; pres @ArchitectsDCA; writer, public speaker, advocate for #procurement reform; #climatepoli @riseforarch
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7K Followers 4K Following I'm a pansexual, feminist, renter, data analyst, cosplayer, pro-public transit, pro-housing activist of @ahvancouver. Day job is game dev 🎮
Laine Johnson @laine_johnson1
5K Followers 1K Following Councillor for #CollegeWard #QuartierCollège [email protected] [email protected] Account is monitored Mon-Fri during business hours
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48K Followers 686 Following Founding Director, PLACE Centre. Co-Host, "Missing Middle". Husband. Father. Brother. Son. Economist. Housing guy. I used to do other stuff. Details in link.
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2K Followers 744 Following A leading voice that supports, advocates and responds to the needs of our Indigenous housing and service providers in BC and the Indigenous Peoples they serve.
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5K Followers 3K Following Architect Husband Dad he/him; past pres @oaarchitects; pres @ArchitectsDCA; writer, public speaker, advocate for #procurement reform; #climatepoli @riseforarch
Jennifer 麻衣子 Br.. @amoralorealis
7K Followers 4K Following I'm a pansexual, feminist, renter, data analyst, cosplayer, pro-public transit, pro-housing activist of @ahvancouver. Day job is game dev 🎮
Laine Johnson @laine_johnson1
5K Followers 1K Following Councillor for #CollegeWard #QuartierCollège [email protected] [email protected] Account is monitored Mon-Fri during business hours
Dr. Mike P. Moffatt �.. @MikePMoffatt
48K Followers 686 Following Founding Director, PLACE Centre. Co-Host, "Missing Middle". Husband. Father. Brother. Son. Economist. Housing guy. I used to do other stuff. Details in link.
Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic
28K Followers 7K Following Architecture critic @globeandmail | Instructor @uoftdaniels | Author | Husband to @livmendelsohn and father of two.
Sam Hersh @SamHersh01
12K Followers 977 Following is known to occasionally tweet something interesting
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5K Followers 963 Following Father of 4, husband, dog lover. Singer in a garage band. Ottawa City Councillor for Ward 9. Got a question? Email me at [email protected]
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11K Followers 562 Following Community & Crisis Worker: @allsaintsTO. Educator. DJ Automaticamore. Affiliate: @McNallyProject @maytree_canada. Dipl. of CW BFA MA MEd. Mixed Race. She/They.
Joel Harden @JoelHardenONDP
24K Followers 6K Following @OntarioNDP MPP in #OttawaCentre. Critic for Transit 🚇🚎🚞 and Active Transportation🦼🚲🛴. Work hard, be kind, and make good trouble.
Sarah Wright-Gilbert .. @smwgilbert
12K Followers 1K Following Strategic engagement and communications advisor. Former Transit Commissioner. Opinions expressed are my own (and not endorsed by my employer).
Leilani Farha 🍉 @leilanifarha
23K Followers 5K Following @make_theshift; former UN Special Rapporteur Right to Housing; cohost Pushback Talks @PUSH_TheFilm IG:@leilanifar
Horizon Ottawa @HorizonOttawa
9K Followers 488 Following Horizon Ottawa is a progressive, municipal-focused grassroots organization dedicated to creating a city that genuinely works for everyone.
Jill Atkey @jfatkey
3K Followers 1K Following Tweets (mostly) about affordable housing. CEO @BCNPHA. Director @EncasaFinancial, Community Housing Transformation Centre, and @CIHCanada. Tweets are my own.
Dallas Rogers @DallasRogers101
6K Followers 5K Following A/Prof Urban Studies || Head of Urbanism @Sydney_Arch || Working on urban & historical geography at the intersections of land, race, class, nature & capital
John Michael McGrath @jm_mcgrath
29K Followers 4K Following Writer, podcaster at Ontario's provincial public broadcaster. | [email protected] | 'John Michael will do all the nerdy public policy stuff' -@spaikin
AHMA @ahma_bc
2K Followers 744 Following A leading voice that supports, advocates and responds to the needs of our Indigenous housing and service providers in BC and the Indigenous Peoples they serve.
Dr Rebecca Clements �.. @kinokofry
3K Followers 2K Following Urban planning postdoc USyd/cartoonist, Gadigal Country, Japan parking/transport governance/justice, she/her 🏳️🌈 🐘 @kinokofry @kinokofry.bsky.social
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10K Followers 1K Following Data, analysis, visualization, #CensusMapper, transportation cyclist. Mastodon: @[email protected] Bsky: @jensvb.bsky.social
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1K Followers 181 Following Director of School of Cities and Professor of Geography and Planning, U of Toronto, Professor Emerita UC Berkeley, Director of the Urban Displacement Project
Agency for Co-operati.. @AgencyCoop
688 Followers 553 Following The Agency administers co-operative housing programs, deploying risk-based strategies, superior information management and client-centred services.
Mathieu Laberge 📊 @MattLabergeCMHC
796 Followers 1K Following Father of two, passionate about innovation. SVP Housing Economics & Insights at CMHC. Views=personal
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11K Followers 2K Following *Government-funded* Associate Prof, AKC, Carleton Teach: policy. Research: social policy & poverty
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2K Followers 3K Following Chief of Staff to the Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Finance. Fan of forward-looking good policy that changes lives. Also brevity.
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105K Followers 7K Following We're changing *everything* about the North American pattern of development. Join us for the 2024 National Gathering, May 14th-15th in Cincinnati!
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341 Followers 120 Following The $500-million Rental Protection Fund enables non-profits to purchase buildings and preserve affordability for decades to come.
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3K Followers 1K Following Journalist with @SP_Inst. Host of https://t.co/tTpvbmECFl w/ @MikePMoffatt. Formerly producer @TheAgenda. Often mad about policies that aren't based on data.
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822 Followers 620 Following Purveyor of low-hanging fruit. Cheap like. Superpower: spurious etymologies. Views mostly other people’s. AWG @BikeOttawa. he/him
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723 Followers 2K Following Endeavouring to END Homelessness in Canada so I can work myself out of a job and move to a small mountain town to open up a hobby business.
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Derek Antoine @DerekAntoine
593 Followers 1K Following PhD. I spend my day thinking about better housing outcomes for Canadians @CMHC_ca
Siobhan Kirkland @siobhanwanders
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753 Followers 1K Following Director of Policy at @broadbent, amateur historian, 'sauga-mans. 🌹
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4K Followers 1K Following she/her | develops inclusive, vibrant + sustainable communities I ❤️ density, abundant homes & bike lanes |tweets my own | Host of https://t.co/r4itOl193tChange in children under 15 between 2001 and 2021 in Calgary. When your neighbourhood is losing children it's a clear sign it needs fixing. New suburbs are doing fine on this metric (for now), some central ones are ok, but the older suburbs are crying for help.
Panelist describes the vibrancy of growing up in a family filled neighbourhood of Rideau roxboro and now the number of families have dwindled due to empty nesters. Need more ways for families to move into the community to make it healthy and vibrant.
For folks who would like the province to focus on provincial matters and not international ones, like myself, well the simple solution is not criminalize a cultural clothing item to make that the focus of discussion that sucks all the oxygen out of the room depriving other…
MPP Sarah Jama being asked to leave to legislature for wearing keffiyeh #onpoli
@beheshtialex @ZoeCoombes I think there is one extra level to this, we also need to ask what actually makes sense given demand. Here in Vancouver planners did the economic testing for multiplexes (learning from the Victoria experience), but multiplexes leave central hoods still woefully under-zoned.
The case for the province to have robust MZO powers for projects like this remains clear as day. This should be able to bypass any community consultation and have zero restrictions on height and "mirroring the neighbourhood". Those are nice to haves, not needs.
#RainbowEquality I'm one of the many thousands that are speaking up for the free, equal, and socially just future we all deserve - for a Canada where all our families are safe and supported.
Ah yes, in the timeless words of Jesus, "Do unto others the things you hope would never be done to you." A Christian shelter submitted a brief in favour of the SCOTUS criminalizing homelessness. friendlyatheist.com/p/a-christian-…
Paris and Ottawa are both capitals of G7 countries. We could choose to be #OurBestOttawa if we wanted to. We could be the world class city we aspire to be if we created a design culture focused on #PlacesForPeople; your call @_MarkSutcliffe: who do you want us to be?
REMINDER: Paris has released a new 5-Year Pedestrian Plan! - 300 million € to be invested by 2026 - 100 new hectares of pedestrian space - 100 more “streets for kids” - Focus on 0 pedestrian deaths #VisionZero - Longer pedestrian cross times geared to seniors HT @David_Belliard
Increasing the supply of non-market community housing improves per capita GDP. Let’s get on it. chra-achru.ca/economic-neces… theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
@CWhitzman Holy shit. That balcony is the size of my damn living room!
Make this everywhere
Guys I'm in a good place today
@Toon_Dreessen @CWhitzman Yep. We don’t have them because they’re illegal.
@CWhitzman 2 exit stairs and fear of being different.
The same reason why you can’t buy lawndarts anymore: Governments have deemed them too dangerous to be sold.
@MikePMoffatt @CWhitzman Need code reform now. BC is doing it, feds have hinted at it. @Conrad_Speckert and @holz_bau are big proponents of it. Conrad did his masters on the subject, I think, has led a strong movement of support and there’s an OAA session at conference coming up on it.
@CWhitzman I was just in Geneva, and as I cycled to the airport hotel I was staying in, from downtown, there were moments where the urban tree canopy was so extensive, it felt like I was in a forest, but when I looked beyond the trees, I saw mid-rise apartment buildings! Beautiful!
For those who weren't around then, the Wynne govt's explicit argument for prohibiting this practice by employers was that it was wasting the time of Ontario doctors who had more socially valuable things to do with their time.
2018: Wynne govt prohibits requiring MD sick notes 2019: Ford govt repeals prohibition 2020: Ford govt suspends that repeal as a COVID measure, but employers are allowed to require MD notes again when the declared emergency ends 2024: And now, this
NEW: In an effort to free up family physicians to focus on patient care, the Ford government wants to move to an attestation-based system for employers who require a doctor’s note when an employee is feeling ill. globalnews.ca/news/10446648/… #ONPOLI
"[The Ontario legislature's] ban flattens the keffiyeh and treats those who wear it as a racial, cultural, and political monolith. That is racist, and accordingly, the ban is unjust." — @David_Moscrop #onpoli tvo.org/article/the-ke…
@KashPrime Also, why not create a new medical school stream dedicated to family medicine? Or a 6 year program straight out of high school? Also just need to address how much of a gate medical school slots are; consistently educating less doctors than we need.
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