Opinion: In 1973, community planning was at its zenith and governments still funded housing development. Now, expediency is all that matters
The legislation ended a resident group’s request for a judicial review, even though Arbutus Place had been approved by two separate councils after they’d received hundreds of submissions.on city-owned land will be close to public transit. It’s adjacent to a private elementary school, a park and the Arbutus Greenway.
Now, the only grocery store within easy walking distance is Meinhardt Fine Foods, a gourmet shop ironically owned by Western Canada Buy-Low Food LP. Of course, the recent addition of Value Village to what was once a high-end shopping district may be a sign of things to come.It’s a false and frighteningly simplistic narrative that avoids important questions.
Of course when it comes to the latter, the homelessness crisis is so deep and has gone on so long that expediency is far better than the nothingness that’s come before it. The Kitsilano Coalition — the black hats in the NIMBY-YIMBY narrative — didn’t oppose social housing. It proposed a lower percentage of supportive housing and a broader mix of people including women, children, seniors and people living with disabilities.Article content
They were also called NIMBYs for opposing a revised Westbank Group plan for 438 units in three towers at Broadway and Commercial. Only 93 units were at below-market rental rates, the daycare from the first iteration was gone and public space minimized.Article content
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