My partner Hampton is driving me and our dog Tegan across the country in our electric car, Liz.
How to Fix Toronto’s “Revitalization” Program: Leveraging land value to redevelop social housing
Toronto has found in Revitalization a creative, if imperfect, way to address long-term capital financing gaps. This memo explores the program in detail, to highlight how similar agency-developer partnerships could be a means to address capital financing challenges elsewhere. It concludes with two sets of recommendations: first, for Toronto, as it looks to future Revitalization projects; and second, for policymakers, cities, and social housing agencies interested in bringing a Revitalization-like program to their jurisdictions.
Social housing, transit, and commutes in Toronto
Do residents of social housing live in neighbourhoods with longer-than-average commute times, despite relatively good proximity to higher-order transit stations?
What planning students find valuable about grad school
Directional findings about what my classmates are getting out of our masters’ program.
Racial gaps in homeownership haven’t changed in 20 years
Pretty astonishing graph from my professor/Terner Center compatriot Carolina Reid’s 2014 book chapter, “The Promises and Pitfalls of Homeownership.”
How securitizing ADU construction loans will build more affordable rental housing
My pitch for DoubleUp, a proposal for ADU-backed securities. Our team is in the finals at the 2019 Harvard Real Estate Venture Competition and Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge.
Toronto Community Housing CityPlace Block 32: A case study in affordable urban infill development
Background on Toronto Community Housing Toronto has been a forest of cranes for the past few decades, with rapid growth…
Marsh Realities: Economic advancement and environmental destruction on Toronto’s waterfront
A century ago, the Port Lands didn’t exist. The story of what came before, what’s being done now to remake them, and governments’ prioritization of planning and funding for the area is another chapter in Canada’s long history of environmental destruction and Indigenous colonialism.
Assessing vulnerability to near-future displacement in San Francisco’s Chinatown
Leveraging Census and other data on economic and housing indicators, this study seeks to understand the particular threats faced by Chinatown in the near future—with a focus on the vulnerability of its large population of Asian low-income renters.
Fighting Toronto’s rental affordability crisis with “laneway suite” ADUs
Exploring the potential for 18.3K ADUs to be profitable, affordable rental units in Toronto’s yards.