For the majority of Vancouver's land, it's not density that's driving the run-up in land value.

I will fight this with everything I have. Trump budget director Russell Vought, who Susie Wiles rightly called “a right-wing absolute zealot,” is dismantling one of the world’s leading Earth science research centers. It is ideological sabotage. This institution helps forecast

I say that as someone who designs and builds custom single family homes. I’m a pretty terrible shill in that regard… need to work on that

If the worst single-family house in your n’hood costs over $1 million, then your n’hood should be zoned for apartment buildings. (It’s pretty much that simple)

Vancouver passes single stair building code update unanimously. Along with a mandate to look at zoning to align with the potential for this new building type.

The external stair in vancouver’s code is limiting in some ways - it but creates other opportunities - and will make for a spacious stair/landing/hall combo that is unrivaled in terms of space and flexibility for egress and fire services

So, now we’ll see if we can pivot as a city from fighting over building codes to updating and optimizing both our zoning bylaws and high level urban design approaches.

In 2021 I connected “stair daddy” Mike Eliason with CoV staff to see if they had any funding for a study. His report (and obsessive posting) helped kick off a movement that now is taking hold across North America.

#Singlestair code changes coming to @cityofvancouver council today. It’s been several years of work getting to this point. It’s not everything that I’d want but it’s a good first step, with external single stairs and low/mid rise scissor stairs as entirely new housing options.

Bowen Island Bridge House An energy step code 5 home by Lanefab

Single stair code changes coming to Vancouver council Dec 10th. you can now sign up to speak:

A new approach to design and urban planning in Vancouver - small lot single stair urbanism.

$13.4M for FIFA VIP suites? While people bear the burden of this budget’s cuts to arts, climate action, community services, and even baby-change tables? Vancouver shouldn’t be paying the price for this Ken Sim majority ABC Council’s choices.

“Daylight, Air, and a Social Stair” Exploring the potential for #singlestair stacked flats on Vancouver’s quieter cycling streets.

Merry Xmas 🤬

When I bike during the week I leave more room on the road for my carpenters to drive to the job site. It’s a win win.

Speaker #21- builder Bryn Davidson. Completely opposed to budget, saying "arbitrary, reckless, unnecessary." He's most concerned about the plan to eliminate the sustainability department, which he said helped foster new businesses and drove innovation because of their changes

- and don’t get me started on the fact that this mayor and council killed the beautiful All Souls Nights at Mountainview Cemetery - after 20 years. Just heart breaking to lose that annual gathering.

So, making these cuts in the last year of the council term - targeting planning, sustainability and the arts - while increasing the police 10% makes clear this is just an ideological purge and an election stunt. It is not good governance. It is not what Vancouverites want.

If the ABC Majority had run on a campaign of fiscal restraint, and won on that basis - then sure - make your cuts. But instead they made grand promises about permit delays etc etc and then ran up the budget like every other council (mostly through increased politics spending).

Well guess what - you actually need staff to create and manage those updates. Cutting staff mid course will simply balloon permit delays and grind the process and a giant piece of the local economy to a halt.