Michael Mortensen

Dir. Liveable City Planning Ltd. MA, MCIP. Adjunct Prof. UBC ❤️ City Building, Public Interests, Managing Complexity, Common Sense. Do the math! No Anon follows

[Michael Mortensen @MMortensen]

@russilwvong Good luck Russil!

[Michael Mortensen @MMortensen]

Let's not forget TEAM NIMBY's voting record ... "No" to any sort of housing solution.

[CityHallWatch @CityHallWchVAN]

@TatarynMary @CityofVancouver @Vote4ABC Based on Council votes since April 15 the current Council including COPE, Vancouver Greens, OneCity, and ABC are 100% all in on tubes, towers, and demovictions. Only two corrections. COPE should be full red on top two. We were too generous.

[Michael Mortensen @MMortensen]

@Dyson

Dyson, your message is unintelligible.
Incorrect: “Your Dyson technology was unable to be delivered”
Correct: “WE WERE UNABLE to deliver your Dyson technology”

What package gets loaded onto a truck at 7:28am and then shows an “unable to deliver” 10 minutes later?

[Michael Mortensen @MMortensen]

Sad irony for our southern neighbours

[Michael Mortensen @MMortensen]

“Imported”? The stickers say “USA” @saveonfoods

[Michael Mortensen @MMortensen]

@CanadianPM let’s have an immediate law that ALL Canadian Grocers MUST identify in 20 point font the origin of all products. Come on @saveonfoods …. You can lead this.

[Michael Mortensen @MMortensen]

And a Canadian Flag - min 30 point font - on ALL products Canadian.

[Michael Mortensen @MMortensen]

Leadership ...

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@Ayan604 @MarkJCarney

[Michael Mortensen @MMortensen]

@fabulavancouver Don't Retire ... Refire! Next chapters are going to be different and awesome!

[Michael Mortensen @MMortensen]

It's such a good feeling to be able to apply almost 30 years of planning and development experience to help courts find just and fair solutions to real estate disputes.

[Michael Mortensen @MMortensen]

@fabulavancouver I stick to simple old Excel!

[Michael Mortensen @MMortensen]

@Vote4ABC @LondonDrugs DTES public disorder is a disaster. Retailers quitting in drives = a sign that BIG CHANGE is needed.

[LiveableCityPlanning Ltd @LcpVan]

@JasJohalBC your Jan 13th guest Patrick Condon was spreading 100% misinformation about the cost of Co-op or Below-Market Housing.

* Any Co-op or Low Income Rental apartment today requires c. $300K / unit up-front public subsidy.

* Land is NOT the biggest cost.

* Increasing the Intensity of land use REDUCES land cost.

* Canadians cannot afford to have our government house everybody. Below-market housing does not grow on trees. All levels of government (Fed, Prov, Regional, City) need to reset housing policy and fees to make market ownership and rental housing less expensive to produce.

A sample budget below. Please invite people with real housing knowledge and experience to your show.

[LiveableCityPlanning Ltd @LcpVan]

Rob Bruno's letter to METRO Vancouver Board Deserves amplification. Governments need to reverse massive increases in fees immediately. METRO needs a more equitable funding model for essential infrastructure. Federal funds have been promised. Where are they?

[Michael Mortensen @MMortensen]

@Ayan604 @BBCWorld And then there's this in my feed about a NYC studio https://t.co/zZMFWyFUQ9

[Michael Mortensen @MMortensen]

@Ayan604 @BBCWorld Do you see these unit mixes as representative in most Canadian housing markets Andy?

[Michael Mortensen @MMortensen]

@CllrHardwick @pmcondon2 What’s funny is that @pmcondon2 could draw 100X same conclusion about Moderate Income Rental homes given the minuscule Development Cost Levy discounts offered by the City. But he distorted the incentive, downplayed the benefits and both of you opposed the rental program.

[Michael Mortensen @MMortensen]

@CllrHardwick @pmcondon2 Show us the math.

[LiveableCityPlanning Ltd @LcpVan]

City of Vancouver Council today approved a suite of commonsense measures to bring down the cost of developing rental and ownership housing. Kudos to all those on council who voted to show some sensible leadership. https://t.co/TA2PJN5Duo