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  Vancouver Shows Just How Much It Costs to Ban Apartments

  Driving problems from inequality to sprawl to pollution, restrictions against anything but single-detached houses have to go.

  Oct 9, 2024
  October 9, 2024

  Alex Hemingway

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/alex-hemingway/

  
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  It’s (Past) Time for British Columbia to Legalize Roommates

  Another piece of the puzzle to make housing more affordable in the province—and keep up with southern neighbors Washington and Oregon.

  Apr 15, 2024
  April 15, 2024

  Daniel Oleksiuk

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  Fellow
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  What’s Misunderstood about Indigenous Cultural Fire Is Sovereignty

  Lessons from the Karuk Tribe.

  Apr 11, 2024
  April 11, 2024

  Kate Anderson

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  Fellow
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  British Columbia Just Took First Place in Pro-Housing Policy

  In just one month in 2023, the province legalized fourplexes, allowed apartment buildings up to 20 stories near all transit stations, eliminated public hearings for plan-compliant buildings, ended parking requirements in transit-oriented districts, and announced that it is considering single-stair reform.

  Feb 23, 2024
  February 23, 2024

  Daniel Oleksiuk

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  Fellow
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  It’s Time for Cascadia to Start Pruning the Gas System and Electrifying Whole Neighborhoods

  Early efforts in California, Colorado, and New York offer lessons to get started.

  Jun 7, 2023
  June 7, 2023

  Emily Moore

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/emily-moore/

  

  Director, Climate and Energy
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  Getting Beyond the Detached House in Vancouver, BC

  How a flexible “Plex” design could add lower-cost homes, green space, and walkable, vibrant neighborhoods—fast—across housing-strapped cities.

  Jun 7, 2023
  Daniel Oleksiuk

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  The Best Wildfire Solution We’re Not Using

  Three ways to curb the sprawl that traps us on a wildfire treadmill.

  Jun 1, 2023
  June 1, 2023

  Kate Anderson

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  We’re Stuck on a Wildfire Treadmill

  And to escape, we need more fire, not less.

  May 24, 2023
  May 24, 2023

  Kate Anderson

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/kate-anderson/

  

  Fellow
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  BC Election Results Show Public Support for More Homes

  While the most pro-housing parties didn’t win big support from voters, they pulled the conversation toward a more housing-abundant policy future for the province.

  Nov 16, 2022
  November 16, 2022

  Frances Bula

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/francesbula/

  

  Contributor
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  The Ambitious Housing Plans at the Center of Vancouver, BC’s, October Election

  No longer a political third rail, parties are vying for votes with big promises to build abundant homes in one the world’s priciest cities. They could set a gold standard for North America.

  Oct 11, 2022
  October 11, 2022

  Daniel Oleksiuk

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/dannyoleksiuk/

  

  Fellow
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