Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Zoe Williams writes that Donald Trump is just the most egregious and unrestrained example of the vice-signalling which has become standard operating procedure among…
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Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Seva Gunitsky notes that the same culture of elite impunity is behind both the Epstein files and Donald Trump's Russian connections. And Alan…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Charlotte Clymer discusses Mark Carney's Davos speech as signaling a divorce from the U.S. But Justin Ling points out the need to match…
Canada West Forum 2: Affordable Housing and Homelessness
Affordable housing is a major problem, with many Canadians struggling with high costs and the inadequate supply of suitable homes. These struggles can impact health, happiness, and financial stability, and…
New podcast episode
I was recently a guest on the On the Way Home podcast. We discussed: the importance of researchers working collaboratively with practitioners; insufficient federal funding for homelessness across Canada; and…
You can’t have Housing First without having housing first
Finland is the only country in the European Union where homelessness has been decreasing. The small Nordic country is hailed as a model for homelessness work and Finnish expertise is…
Housing the unhoused, or enriching the already rich… it’s a choice
The 21st century has seen an explosion in the number and wealth of billionaires, driven largely by financial market surges, deregulation, and favourable tax policies. It is no coincidence that…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Jonathan Last discusses how the U.S. economy is coming apart under a regime which is attacking progress and security in any form. Matt Johnson…
Housing – a wealth extraction tool
With commodification of housing in Canada, homes are treated as investment assets, not just shelter. Investor-led speculation has led to soaring prices, rental increases, and rising homelessness. Housing has been…
Lessons from Vienna: Rethinking Vancouver’s Housing Affordability
Professor Patrick Condon compares Vancouver's adverse housing policies to the highly successful public housing projects in Vienna.
Housing affordability
Patrick Condon is a Professor at the University of British Columbia. With UBC law student Thomas Kroeker, he authored The 50 Year Vancouver Experience on Housing Affordability with Adding Housing…
Affordable housing
Four months ago, BC Premier David Eby and Housing Minister Christine Boyle received a letter signed by 27 housing and urbanist experts. Text of the letter follows:
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Cathy Young and Cas Mudde each discuss how the Trump regime's "national security strategy" is based on pushing cronyism and bigotry over democracy and…
On Reforming Capitalism
These are the conventional definitions of capitalism. Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their use for the purpose of obtaining…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Fiona Harvey and Jonathan Watts report on Antonio Guterres' warning at the start of the COP30 climate conference that we can't afford more…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- David Coletto discusses how Canadians from across the political spectrum want to see the Carney Libs prioritize housing construction and economic independence, rather…
How Canada’s National Housing Strategy missed the mark on homelessness
I recently did a podcast on Canada’s National Housing Strategy—specifically on how the Strategy missed the mark on homelessness. Here’s the link (it’s 40 min’s long): https://thepublicationcoop.substack.com/p/canadas-so-call...
Homelessness in Finland
I recently organized a study tour of Helsinki; its focus was affordable housing and homelessness. Here’s a ‘top 10’ overview: https://nickfalvo.ca/affordable-housing-and-homelessness-in-helsinki-finland/
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Cole Nowicki and Casey Michel each review Jacob Silverman's Gilded Rage as a chronicle of how tech giants and their uber-wealthy principals have fallen…
Supportive housing in Ottawa
I recently served as a subject matter expert for an audit of supportive housing undertaken by the City of Ottawa’s Office of the Auditor General. Here are 10 things know: