This is great! Every student that lives on campus takes pressure off of Victoria's rental market, and reduces commuting. The University has the land—they just need the money to build. Funding this UVic residence was a win-win decision, and one the province should keep repeating. #yyj

Oak Bay is planning for 3,761 new homes over 20 years through its Official Community Plan update. Now is the time to speak up for more housing + a more inclusive community. Survey is open until October 14, 2025 connect.oakbay.ca/official-com...

WITH THAT THE OCP HAS PASSED: Congrats Victoria :D #yyj #yyjpoli Kim, Loughton, Caradonna, Thompson, Alto in Favour! Coleman, Hammond, Gardiner in Opposition- . Dell is not in attendance. - now to Bylaws.

Saanich is hosting two in-person open houses on the updated Shelbourne Valley Plan, including important plans for new housing and stronger, more connected communities. + You can still have your voice heard on housing & community planning through the online survey 🙂 hello.saanich.ca/en/projects/...

🚨 Have your say! 🚨 The Shelbourne Valley Action Plan survey is open until Oct. 13. This is your chance to weigh in on how Saanich plans for housing, transportation, and livability along Shelbourne. 👉 Take the survey here: bit.ly/3KgcUtE

After another long night of Victoria’s OCP hearings, deliberations will resume Oct 2. James Bay was well represented; with many speakers warning the neighbourhood is already too dense. Con’t

We’ll soon know the outcome of Victoria’s new Official Community Plan. Thanks to all who spoke up for housing, including director Sam Holland, who put it plainly: “My entire generation is being displaced... doesn’t that matter more than character?” www.timescolonist.com/local-news/v...

A great take on this 🙏

This is an interesting metric! “cars occupy nearly 98 per cent of road space, even though they account for only about 95 per cent of trips” www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/cha... Found via @pentastich.bsky.social #urbanism

Are different areas in Greater Vic pulling their weight to get us out of the housing crisis? A member on our discord made an awesome visualization to help find out 👷: @elizapallas.bsky.social

The road to a housing crisis is paved with good intentions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvT...

We need more housing of all types 🙏 cheknews.ca/new-high-end...

A _huge_ thank you to @ravikahlon.bsky.social for his efforts to legalize new housing across BC. We're confident that future generations will look back and see the legislation he introduced as a significant turning point in our neighbourhoods becoming more affordable and inclusive. 1/2

It’s inspiring to see waterfront revitalized as a pedestrian space #urbanism

We're pleased that after last night's vote, the draft Quadra-McKenzie Plan will now move forward to round 4 of public consultation. However, we're concerned about the hostile reception many supporters of the plan, particularly young people, received from other members in the audience. Statement:

Amazing! This was 1 of the 3 recommendations that we gave to the BC Gov't Finance Committee in our presentation. Thank you ‪@ravikahlon.bsky.social‬ & team for listening & for fighting to make BC housing more affordable. cheknews.ca/b-c-is-easi...

Gorgeous town square (ellipse?) surrounded by missing middle in Lucca, Italy 🤩 #missingmiddle #urbanism

PROUD MOMENT ALERT! Our team was asked to present 3 recommendations to the BC Gov't Finance Committee, so we sent our finest (Jack Sandor)! As grass-roots housing advocates passionate about making homeownership accessible, we're honoured to have our voices heard at this level 🥹

FYI, parking reform is up on this week's COTW agenda in Victoria. Staff are proposing reducing parking minimums + a host of TDM measures that will enable builders to further reduce the amount of parking they need to build. This is a positive step, but COV should just abolish parking minimums 1/x

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

We got ourselves into this pickle and we gotta work hard to get out www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HQ...

where are you? 👀

A shitpost from one of our members 😂 (jivison.dev/)

Pretty cool inside look into a city that’d be illegal to build 👀 youtu.be/4UAZMEpOKTI

How people in different regions commute (each dot represents a city, dot size = population): 🔵 Bus 🟡 Active 🔴 Car North America is easy to spot 😬

If we can't build missing middle, we can start painting it on

On May 3rd we penned a letter to @davidebybc.bsky.social @ravikahlon.bsky.social and other ministers thanking them for their leadership to date and asking for further action to better implement their existing policies.

2/2 Just to be explicitly clear, the public can still write and call council members but at the meeting on the 24th, no more public input will be permitted live in council chambers

After hearing from ~86 people (thank you all for the input) from 6-11:15pm Tuesday, we voted to postpone consideration of the revised report the on Quadra-McKenzie Plan in #Saanich until Feb 24 when we will answer all the public’s questions and then debate the matter. #Saanpoli 1/2

Quadra-Mckenzie plan public consultation is tonight! We'll tweet any highlights from what is sure to be a long, contentious night.

H/t @meaningnjoyr.bsky.social

Cool. Add single stair options and then legalize them on every lot vancouversun.com/new...

A very worthy first BlueSky post. Development fees are crushing for new housing, this is an amazing move by the City of Victoria. They continue to be a leader in housing policy. www.timescolonist.com/local-news/v...