Resilience

Housing desperately needed! So, here’s an idea that will slow things down!  We will tie the supply of social, affordable, and family housing to private development by applying quotas. And then, we will spend years negotiating development agreements in a process that gives uninformed NIMBYs too much influence. Despite best intentions, the plan and process […]

There is a shortage of quality social and affordable housing in most Western nations. Based on pre Coronavirus statistics, there are 35,000 homeless Canadians on any given night. This does not account for the approximately 50,000 couch surfers. In Canada , over 235,000 individuals experience homelessness every year. 200,000 of these use homeless shelters. The […]

I want to talk about arcades and public loos.  Arcades That would be arcades as in covered sidewalks, not emporia for playing video games or pinball. Bologna and Torino boast extensive networks of arcaded sidewalks. Bologna has 38 kilometres of arcaded streets and Torino has 18 kilometres, 12.5 of which are interconnected. There are many  […]