February questions of the day.
How is our
government indirectly discouraging the development of new rental units?
By offering
home owners tax breaks
(homeowners do not have to pay
taxes on their capital gains) while keeping rental income (and thus rents) fully taxed.
According to Dale, how, in
the end, do you make housing
affordable?
Increase supply
and transit investment so that supply doesn't happen in just very selective
neighbourhoods of Vancouver.
According to Dale, making housing affordable depends on two market
aspects. Affordable housing is
both an issue of _(one
word)_ and _(one word)_.
(supply, income)
What are the key factors in the politics of
housing?
Interest rates
(Federal), tax regime (Federal and Provincial), incomes policy (Federal,
Provincial), mortgage finance (Federal), land use (Cities), social welfare
(Provincial)
Which level(s) of
government is (are) responsible for most of the decisions that are made about
housing affordability?
The local government is blamed for lack of affordable housing but
it's actually the federal and provincial government that make the key
decisions.
The Warped Grid was an expression of
A. Jeffersonian Democracy
B. The Romantic Ideal
C. The hierarchical street network bent
to conform to topography
When comparing Dendritic and interconnected street systems,
dendritic systems pose many problems. What are two major issues caused by
dendritic systems?
400% more traffic through intersection
60% more pedestrian fatalities within the
neighbourhoods when compared to areas of equal population with interconnected
street networks.
What was
it that Peter Calthorpe, the
California architect, found most troubling about David Beers’
“Tomorrowland” article ?
The
article was written as if the future was inevitable!
Based on
studies, what percentage of people think that journalists help society solve
its problems? Do more harm than good? Get it within five percent either way and
you win!
35% think
media helps, 51% think media get in the way, 14% have no idea!
What are
three ways of reporting on future focussed solutions?
live
the proposed solution and report back
find the
prototype in your midst, report the facts and reasoning
is
our better future happening now somewhere else? go there, report back
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