Bruce Irvine

Vancouver/Calgary based urbanist specializing in sustainable community planning, downtowns and affordable housing. LSE Graduate and passionate about cities.

[Bruce Irvine @UrbanIrvine]

Really liked working with this quality developer and glad they were strategic enough to have options. All players in BC need to recognize we need to do more to improve housing. Read more in “PoCo Place project hits pause” https://t.co/GW6BbiuBU1

[Bruce Irvine @UrbanIrvine]

Coverage related to the housing market and the disappointing pause on a great project. All govts need to work together to better support industry and cities also need to “Focus on community, not housing units, planner says - The Globe and Mail” https://t.co/6GCQ7fXoQU

[Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy]

This is hilarious! 😂

[The Sting @TheStingisBack]

Happy Birthday, Rowan Atkinson
Blackadder is one of the finest comedy creations ever produced. Rowan controls a lifelong stammer by over pronouncing his words, which he's weaponised into comedy gold
He’s madder than Mad Jack McMad, the winner of last year’s Mr Madman competition

[Bruce Irvine @UrbanIrvine]

Currently reading the centre for policy alternatives evaluation of housing inflation. While over emphasis on the supply argument, Ido appreciate the finance and banking focus ;url=https://t.co/DDvWXVCWdd

[Bruce Irvine @UrbanIrvine]

Great read in Vancouver Sun “Canada’s housing crisis calls for more than ‘cranes on the skyline’ discussing ⁦@JohnPasalis⁩ eye popping report “The Great Sell Off: How Our Homes Became Someone Else’s Business” a solid addition to the discourse https://t.co/XRmGQF44oe

[Bruce Irvine @UrbanIrvine]

Taking a break from this site for obvious reasons - I’m headed to bluer skies

[Dan the Man @danschyk]

Peyto Lake

[Bruce Irvine @UrbanIrvine]

Very interesting read

[DouglasTodd @DouglasTodd]

Metro Vancouver has become a 'resort' that squeezes out locals, says major real-estate player
“How can our kids compete to buy real estate?'" asks Ross McCredie, CEO of @SuttonGroup
#vanre #vanpoli #bcpoli
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https://t.co/Gx2vT2fzVM

[Bruce Irvine @UrbanIrvine]

Really amazing work by my old team in Calgary who smartly leveraged federal $ and choose four groups to deliver and operate affordable housing on former city land https://t.co/GBwXVdCgOR via @calgaryherald

[Michael Wiebe @michael_wiebe]

If we remove mandatory parking requirements, will developers pass on the savings? How to think about this question 🧵

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[Bruce Irvine @UrbanIrvine]

@jwhiteyvr @VancouverSun Thanks for posting Josh

[Ben Rabidoux @BenRabidoux]

Vancouver house prices at 12.7x median income is bonkers. Works in a zero rate environment with lots of international capital flows, but that's not the world today

Good stuff from the folks at @WOWA_Canada

[Samuel J. May @sjmay92]

"Young Frankenstein is by far the best movie I ever made. Not the funniest - Blazing Saddles was the funniest, and hot on its heels would be The Producers. But as a writer-director, it is by far my finest."
Mel Brooks ~ Young Frankenstein's 50th anniversary

[The Sting @TheStingisBack]

And Now For Something Completely Different (1971)
Monty Python created The Lumberjack Song in 15 minutes after they couldn't come up with a conclusion to the barbershop sketch. The music is similar to Mozart's Don Giovanni and Beatle George Harrison once produced it as a single.

[Bruce Irvine @UrbanIrvine]

I’m not specifically endorsing any of these ideas but I greatly appreciate that they are triggering a real discussion on housing costs

[Bruce Irvine @UrbanIrvine]

A lot of very high quality urbanists on that list

[Dave 🫤🤔😬 on politics and whatever @VanPoliMorphus]

Many of Vancouver's most esteemed and respected city planners, architects and housing experts speak out about. the #BroadwayPlan in open letter to @CityofVancouver Mayor and Council. #vanpoli #vanre

[Michael Wiebe @michael_wiebe]

And the standard response: if growth pays for growth, then only growth gets to benefit from growth.

Ie. you can't sell your house for more than the purchase price.

[Bruce Irvine @UrbanIrvine]

@pmcondon2 Interesting read and while no study is infallible at least this one followed the data for a multi year effect