Richard Lyall @RESCONprez
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I’m sure some folks will hate me for saying this, but Texas gets a lot right. - It is easy to build housing, it’s not taxed to an extreme level - Small permitting bureaucracy has made it a renewable energy leader - Property taxes are high, income taxes low, which is best!
I’m sure some folks will hate me for saying this, but Texas gets a lot right. - It is easy to build housing, it’s not taxed to an extreme level - Small permitting bureaucracy has made it a renewable energy leader - Property taxes are high, income taxes low, which is best!
California's *only* problem is that it's too hard to build stuff. Too hard to build new housing. Too hard to build green energy. Too hard to build high-speed rail. Too hard because it requires too many approvals, too many community meetings, too many chances for NIMBYs to say no.
California's *only* problem is that it's too hard to build stuff. Too hard to build new housing. Too hard to build green energy. Too hard to build high-speed rail. Too hard because it requires too many approvals, too many community meetings, too many chances for NIMBYs to say no.
@chudacabra Agreed we need investment in social housing, but when there are $300K in new taxes on every new home, plus land costs heightened by bad land use policy, and capital costs associated with long timelines… the private market will never be able to build housing at reasonable prices.
Urban progressives have decided that functioning markets, restoration of property rights, and competition are totally non-solutions when it comes to housing. Except that everywhere real pro-supply reforms are tried, they work. (Austin, Minneapolis, Auckland etc).
Urban progressives have decided that functioning markets, restoration of property rights, and competition are totally non-solutions when it comes to housing. Except that everywhere real pro-supply reforms are tried, they work. (Austin, Minneapolis, Auckland etc).
We must confront the issue of cell phone distractions & vaping once & for all. With over 80% of Ontario residents strongly supporting enhanced education & enforcement, our government will introduce a comprehensive plan to restore focus & safety in the classroom. SHARE if you…
We must confront the issue of cell phone distractions & vaping once & for all. With over 80% of Ontario residents strongly supporting enhanced education & enforcement, our government will introduce a comprehensive plan to restore focus & safety in the classroom. SHARE if you…
@ronmortgageguy Repurposing project to convert large single home to multi-units less than 400 meters to a subway in Toronto stuck in municipal red tape. Multiple layers of review, assessment and lack of understanding of egress requirements. Housing Accelerator Fund not working.
Buying your first home should be a cause for celebration – not instill fear like a trip to the dentist. Sadly, though, many young people today are no longer able to feel the exuberance of owning a home, @RESCONprez writes in @CREW_Magazine. #HousingCrisis canadianrealestatemagazine.ca/news/first-tim…
A podcast published by @DCN_Canada featured @RESCONprez speaking about the recent federal budget. Listen to the podcast at theconstructionrecord.libsyn.com/the-constructi….
The reality is this government lacks transparency, accountability and integrity. Canadians are smart enough to see through the lies and deception. They want change and any new government will be on a short leash. Be honest, transparent and cut the fat and BS.
The reality is this government lacks transparency, accountability and integrity. Canadians are smart enough to see through the lies and deception. They want change and any new government will be on a short leash. Be honest, transparent and cut the fat and BS.
A free market could have never resulted in a map like this. Core neighbourhoods losing population is a systemic outcome of city planning failures, instituted by residents via city council to block opportunities for those left out. It must change!
A free market could have never resulted in a map like this. Core neighbourhoods losing population is a systemic outcome of city planning failures, instituted by residents via city council to block opportunities for those left out. It must change!
Bank of Canada: Housing starts have been well below demographic demand
Funding in the national Housing Accelerator Fund is a drop in the bucket, though it is partly useful in demonstrating a call for real action on the supply of housing and modernizing approval systems, @RESCONprez says in @DCN_Canada. canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/gover…
This is why young people are pissed off. All the tax grabs on doctors and small and medium business owners is not going to fix this. Young people don’t care. They just want a real chance at buying a home. Trudeau took that away from them with massive immigration policy. He bet it…
Why can’t Canadian cities have great family-friendly apartments?
Why can’t Canadian cities have great family-friendly apartments?
Yikes! @theJagmeetSingh brings out a prop that doesn’t need the use of his proposed pharmacare program. Note: try to vet your props before giving them the microphone 🎤.
Yikes! @theJagmeetSingh brings out a prop that doesn’t need the use of his proposed pharmacare program. Note: try to vet your props before giving them the microphone 🎤.
The team at @ReadSiteNews has named @RESCONprez to the inaugural list of Construction’s Most Influential People for 2024. #construction readsitenews.com/most-influenti…
@RESCONprez The building on the southwest corner is nice, but strikes me as funny to designate all of it. Sites are small, pretty limited development possibilities
There is no rent control that works as well as a high vacancy rate. Strong rent controls cannot beat giving renters housing options and choice. Make landlords compete, instead of renters. (FYI, still support reasonable rent control policies)
There is no rent control that works as well as a high vacancy rate. Strong rent controls cannot beat giving renters housing options and choice. Make landlords compete, instead of renters. (FYI, still support reasonable rent control policies)
I've been doing some local research and, in 1971, the City thought that land on Yonge near Eglinton was too expensive to justify them buying it for a 24 storey building (including 2 floors of library). In 2024, we're still talking about 8 storeys on Avenues.
I've been doing some local research and, in 1971, the City thought that land on Yonge near Eglinton was too expensive to justify them buying it for a 24 storey building (including 2 floors of library). In 2024, we're still talking about 8 storeys on Avenues. https://t.co/c5QjG2mw8Z
[London, ON] “…City councillor says he hopes a proposed new 772-Bed student residence from @WesternU will make it easier for students to find a place to live, and alleviate some of the housing-related issues he's seen in off-campus neighbourhoods…” cbc.ca/news/canada/lo…
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I’m sure some folks will hate me for saying this, but Texas gets a lot right. - It is easy to build housing, it’s not taxed to an extreme level - Small permitting bureaucracy has made it a renewable energy leader - Property taxes are high, income taxes low, which is best!
There is so much liberal and left-wing coping about how successful Texas is. Texas is growing like a rapidly developing third world country and they'll claim the "Texas miracle" is over because one company closed down its Austin headquarters and Tesla fired some people
🧵 time: Let's talk about housing targets. I said something incorrect yesterday. The federal government does, in fact, have municipal-level housing targets. I haven't been taking those targets seriously, but that's different than them not existing. Mea culpa. Let's dig in
California's *only* problem is that it's too hard to build stuff. Too hard to build new housing. Too hard to build green energy. Too hard to build high-speed rail. Too hard because it requires too many approvals, too many community meetings, too many chances for NIMBYs to say no.
Texas is booming. They’re creating jobs, increasing wages, building green energy, and keeping housing prices in check. All things that California claims to want. Yet we continue to implement policy that achieves the opposite.
@chudacabra Agreed we need investment in social housing, but when there are $300K in new taxes on every new home, plus land costs heightened by bad land use policy, and capital costs associated with long timelines… the private market will never be able to build housing at reasonable prices.
Urban progressives have decided that functioning markets, restoration of property rights, and competition are totally non-solutions when it comes to housing. Except that everywhere real pro-supply reforms are tried, they work. (Austin, Minneapolis, Auckland etc).
it’s wild that coastal cities have spent years debating if YIMBY policies will lower rents, and Austin just… did it they streamlined permitting, upzoned most of the city, and eliminated parking mandates. Tons of housing is going up and rents are plummeting. YIMBY policies work
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This kid took my money because: This kid is drenched. This kid is walking the streets asking to aerate lawns. This kid is one of the most respectful & happiest kids I’ve encountered in a while. This kid has work ethic. This kid is going somewhere.
@ronmortgageguy Repurposing project to convert large single home to multi-units less than 400 meters to a subway in Toronto stuck in municipal red tape. Multiple layers of review, assessment and lack of understanding of egress requirements. Housing Accelerator Fund not working.
Why did Argentina elect a nut bar like Milei as President? Because their backs were to the wall, their country was disintegrating & one very wacky guy: Milei didn't promise "change" he insisted he would Destroy The System & start all over again We need a version of that here
lol we are so fucked Source: M3's newsletter
Great new @WoodGreenDotOrg project on Danforth was just approved at the CoA. 8 storeys with 32 affordable dwelling units and 18 bedsitting rooms. Great project and I'm glad to see it was approved. Nice work by Assembly Corp (formerly R-Hauz). assemblycorp.ca
The reality is this government lacks transparency, accountability and integrity. Canadians are smart enough to see through the lies and deception. They want change and any new government will be on a short leash. Be honest, transparent and cut the fat and BS.
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Trudeau doesn't realize that as he waits the worse the Canadian economy will get gapping lower than the U.S., taking with it the dollar. By the time 2025 rolls along, LPC will be at the lowest popularity in its entire history. As someone who has voted LPC in the past, its a shame…
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A free market could have never resulted in a map like this. Core neighbourhoods losing population is a systemic outcome of city planning failures, instituted by residents via city council to block opportunities for those left out. It must change!
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.
And we need to find ways to become a big part of the solution.
I say this as an academic: Academia played an outsized role in creating the housing crisis. We are a big part of the problem.
Bank of Canada: Housing starts have been well below demographic demand
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.
Super disappointing to see the Mayor make this statement. Absolutely unserious about what it's going to take to fix the housing crisis. No wonder staff are late with zoning reforms and what they do produce isn't worth the ink the be frank. Absolutely failure here.
This is why young people are pissed off. All the tax grabs on doctors and small and medium business owners is not going to fix this. Young people don’t care. They just want a real chance at buying a home. Trudeau took that away from them with massive immigration policy. He bet it…
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