Phew 😮‍💨 Now if only the province could redistribute that $162 million towards a multi regional bus system instead of sending onto another road project… www.timescolonist.com/local-news/p...

📢 Do you rent in Nanaimo? We are seeking your input to develop tenant relocation and compensation requirements for tenants facing eviction when rental buildings with four or more units are redeveloped. 🗓 Survey open: January 28 to February 18, 2026 🔗 Have your say: ow.ly/kRYU50Y58Il

Want to improve cycling infrastructure in the Woodgrove area of Nanaimo? Get your feedback in for the Woodgrove Area Plan before January 25th for Phase 3 of the project! www.getinvolvednanaimo.ca/woodgrove

The Woodgove area plan is a good first step in the right direction. Our city needs more spaces for people and less for cars. If you’re a Nanaimo resident please fill out the survey!!! Time is runing out to tell the city what kind of future we want #urbanism #nanaimo www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Council is again discussing the Quadra McKenzie Plan, this time at Committee of the Whole. Pro housing voices matter, so please come out if you can. 🗓 Mon, Jan 19 at 6:30 pm 📍 Saanich Municipal Hall or speak via Teams saanichca.primegov.com/Portal/Meeti...

British Columbia has come in 2nd last on the @missingmiddleca.bsky.social HOMES report card, largely because of an unwillingness to restrain fees & unfunded inclusionary zoning imposed by cities ("Anti-Harmful Policies" on the report card), resulting in poor affordability. 1/2

Little by little… 🚍👀

Changes are coming to the Regional District's Transit network through much of Nanaimo. Schedule tweaks and some frequency improvements will start January 4.

For those not following what is happening here: 1. Cities banned family friendly infill housing for decades 2. The province stepped in and forced them to stop blocking them 3. Some family friendly homes got built 4. Cities immediately panicked and moved to block them again Incredible

A significant move Vancouver made this week was moving forward with enabling novel Single Egress & Space Efficient Stairs. Led by the great team in Development, Buildings & Licensing, supported closely by Vancouver Fire Rescue Service; and Planning this will be transformative for low-rise apartments

"Single-detached homes do not require a public hearing, even when a new detached home is significantly larger and more expensive than the one it is replacing."

Single stair coming to Vancouver council Dec 10th. you can now sign up to speak: council.vancouver.ca/20251210/cfs...

Very excited to see the first level of mass timber planks go up at the Vancouver Island University Campus for their new Student Residence and Cafeteria. First multi story residential mass-timber building in Nanaimo. #masstimber #VIU

New video on Victoria, BC by @nicthedoor.bsky.social! We also visited recently and were quite impressed with the cycling experience and in particular how recent the changes were.

Big news in British Columbia! The all party Democratic and Electoral Reform Committee has recommended a Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform after months of hearings. 1/10

The Yukon is having a plebiscite tonight on electoral reform, and currently ranked ballots have 60% support with lots of votes left to come in electionsyukon.ca/en/plebiscit...

A scathing introduction by city staff allowed the Urban Design Panel to quickly tear apart this student housing building planned a block away from the new Broadway #SkyTrain station. They blasted it as a negative fit for Mount Pleasant, & the immediate area. #Vancouver #VanRe

Seeing this construction project was mind blowing: in Copenhagen, multiple apartment buildings are being built INDOORS and on-site, in a single “Site Cover” temporary shelter.

"Options—including... more public transit from one side of the Malahat to the other—should be explored before committing a large sum of money for a project that appears to do more harm than good." www.capitaldaily.ca/news/hundred... #yyj #bcpoli @bettertransityyj.ca @vtru.bsky.social

If you’re on Vancouver Island and care about road safety and community building, this is the event for you! #nanaimo #urbanism #waroncars

Coming to Nanaimo, the book tour of "Life After Cars" from the folks behind @thewaroncars.bsky.social. Register to attend, and get your hands on a copy of the book!

Not to mention that these are the very types of neighbourhoods that Canadian always go to visit. Florence & Mexico City as just a few examples.

**News** I’ve been waiting to share this news for a long time: BC Transit is finally introducing a credit and debit tap system. One will soon be able to tap or update the Umo card and pay via the app. This move reduces barriers and will drive ridership. www.timescolonist.com/local-news/b...

The Island Corridor and all of BC’s rail corridors serve as corridors of opportunity. Strengthening our corridors means opportunity for workers, businesses, and the next generation. youtu.be/cPypiiAlOx8?... #IslandRail #SupplyChains #BCJobs #Nanaimo #Lantzville #Bcpoli

Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.

Sandpoint, ID (pop. 10,444) has a big part of the answer to tourist towns' housing disasters: a new 4-story 88-home apartment building, replacing one house just outside downtown. Developer says rents should be well under $1,500. Legalize it bonnercountydailybee.com/news/2025/ap...

Have your say on TransLink's proposed Metrotown-North Shore BRT connecting the North Shore, Vancouver, and Burnaby! Provide your feedback until Sunday, September 21: www.translink.ca/plans-and-pr...

If prefab will solve Canada's housing problems, I'd add: Where *specifically* are the homes going to go? Where are the sites in Toronto and Vancouver regions to build 100,000s of homes? www.thestar.com/business/opi...

Big News for Nanaimo Housing! The Missing Middle has officially arrived! 🎉 BC’s new upzoning rules mean most lots can now have 3–4 homes instead of just one. Nanaimo stepped up by expanding the R-5 zone across much of the city… and surprise, surprise — more homes are being built! 🏘️🏗️

📍 Help shape Victoria’s e-bike share system by telling us where you want to go! Suggest parking zone locations (where shared e-bikes will be parked and available for use) by dropping pins on the map at engage.victoria.ca/bikeshare before Sept. 24! #yyjbike

Is there any Spokane real estate blog/account where I can see some photos of these things going up?

This might be the 1st single stair building in BC. A project by Waymark Arch in @esquimaltbc.bsky.social (Ignore the townhouse headline) www.timescolonist.com/local-news/w...

reposting... After building code and zoning updates, elevators are the '3rd leg' of advocacy needed for single stair urbanism via @stephenjacobsmith.com @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

After years of work, Nanaimo has successfully removed all parking minimums from its downtown urban centre(With hopefully more changes to come). We’re finally coming to the realization that Nanaimo has a housing crisis not a parking crisis. #parkingreform youtu.be/lzwP5FW7heI?...

This may just be the best transit ad I've ever seen.

If prioritized homes for people like we prioritize homes for cars we would be much further along in dealing with this housing crisis.

Provide your ideas! The City of Langford is updating its Parking Bylaw to better reflect current parking conditions and to align parking standards with Langford’s evolving transportation patterns, and we want to hear from you! Complete the survey at LetsChatLangford.ca/Parking

B.C.'s Special Committee on Democratic and Electoral Reform is accepting written submissions over the next 5 weeks They're looking for thoughts, feedback and suggestions for change regarding democratic engagement, voter participation and electoral models #bcpoli Submissions can be made 👇

MEDIA RELEASE: Huge shout-out to @tealepb.bsky.social, as Saanich council adopts a draft UBCM motion calling on @ravikahlon.bsky.social to legalize more affordable European-style elevators. See our statement below. 1/4

Oregon code officials have agreed on alternative safety measures to allow up to four stories starting Oct. 1; getting to six will take further legislation

AFTER | BEFORE 🧵 After 4 years, we managed to close the street in front of our kids’ school to cars. Here’s what it looks like today:

@holz-bau.bsky.social @stephenjacobsmith.com Third and final reading, no amendments, so this was the very last vote. Headed to the Governor’s desk!

Under ABC leadership, the City of Vancouver has surrendered in the legal fight over the supportive housing development at 8th and Arbutus.

"If the solution we want is a less affordable city, one with expensive new single-family homes, narrow and vertical townhomes, large apartment buildings of small units, and nothing in between, then we currently have the state codes and city zoning plan to deliver that vision."☹️

NEW BLOG POST On June 3, I'm hearing some councillors will propose adding more restrictions to the RS zone introduced in the Zoning Bylaw Renewal. So, I went deeper into the data, even more than in my last post. Read my blog or highlights in the 🧵 #yeg #yegcc www.jacobdawang.com/blog/2025/re...

NEW STORY // The Deck is Stacked Against Stacked Flats in Seattle www.theurbanist.org/2025/05/09/t...

So, you want a standardized housing library, but we don’t have standardized zoning… Where to start? What should be the common baseline a state or province should mandate for all cities? Let’s start with 10 baseline rules for coach houses / lane houses: (Thread)

Facing a citywide budget deficit, Bellingham began the process in 2024 to incrementally change its spending and revenue-collecting habits to correct the mistakes of yesterday and put an eye on progress for tomorrow.