BuildingIN
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BuildingIN is a forward-thinking program dedicated to enhancing urban planning through innovative GIS mapping, municipal collaboration, and data-driven solutions. We’re focused on creating sustainable, walkable, and livable cities.
💡 "We’re handing the next generation two crises: a planet on fire & a housing market out of reach. How do we fix decades of generational injustice? 🏠🔥"
👉 Read on. 🧵
👉 Read on. 🧵
September 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
💡 "We’re handing the next generation two crises: a planet on fire & a housing market out of reach. How do we fix decades of generational injustice? 🏠🔥"
👉 Read on. 🧵
👉 Read on. 🧵
⏳ 2.5 years. 3 homes.
That’s how long it took for a $1.4M affordable housing project in Charlottetown to move forward.
That’s how long it took for a $1.4M affordable housing project in Charlottetown to move forward.
August 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
⏳ 2.5 years. 3 homes.
That’s how long it took for a $1.4M affordable housing project in Charlottetown to move forward.
That’s how long it took for a $1.4M affordable housing project in Charlottetown to move forward.
Canada’s zoning rules were built for the 1950s nuclear family.
Today, they’re one of the biggest barriers to solving our housing crisis. 🏘️
Today, they’re one of the biggest barriers to solving our housing crisis. 🏘️
August 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Canada’s zoning rules were built for the 1950s nuclear family.
Today, they’re one of the biggest barriers to solving our housing crisis. 🏘️
Today, they’re one of the biggest barriers to solving our housing crisis. 🏘️
Ever walked by an empty lot and thought:
“Why don’t they just build something here?” 🏗️
Spoiler: the answer is rarely simple. 👇
“Why don’t they just build something here?” 🏗️
Spoiler: the answer is rarely simple. 👇
August 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Ever walked by an empty lot and thought:
“Why don’t they just build something here?” 🏗️
Spoiler: the answer is rarely simple. 👇
“Why don’t they just build something here?” 🏗️
Spoiler: the answer is rarely simple. 👇
Tecumseh has reversed course on allowing 4 units as-of-right — putting $3.2M in federal Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) money at risk.
It’s a reminder that the housing crisis can’t be solved without bringing communities along for the ride.
It’s a reminder that the housing crisis can’t be solved without bringing communities along for the ride.
August 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Tecumseh has reversed course on allowing 4 units as-of-right — putting $3.2M in federal Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) money at risk.
It’s a reminder that the housing crisis can’t be solved without bringing communities along for the ride.
It’s a reminder that the housing crisis can’t be solved without bringing communities along for the ride.
💥 The $1.5B question: Can Canada really cut development charges in half?
@MissingMiddle just dropped a sharp take on the 7 challenges the feds must solve.
Spoiler: It’s complicated. But @BuildingIN is ready. 🧵
@MissingMiddle just dropped a sharp take on the 7 challenges the feds must solve.
Spoiler: It’s complicated. But @BuildingIN is ready. 🧵
July 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
💥 The $1.5B question: Can Canada really cut development charges in half?
@MissingMiddle just dropped a sharp take on the 7 challenges the feds must solve.
Spoiler: It’s complicated. But @BuildingIN is ready. 🧵
@MissingMiddle just dropped a sharp take on the 7 challenges the feds must solve.
Spoiler: It’s complicated. But @BuildingIN is ready. 🧵
🏡 How do we get infill housing right?
We just published an article on this very question—and it’s now featured by All Things Home.
allthingshome.ca/new-homes/ar...
We just published an article on this very question—and it’s now featured by All Things Home.
allthingshome.ca/new-homes/ar...
How do we get infill housing right? Lessons from recent zoning reform examples
BuildingIN shares infill housing lessons learned from Ottawa and Edmonton zoning reform examples.
allthingshome.ca
July 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
🏡 How do we get infill housing right?
We just published an article on this very question—and it’s now featured by All Things Home.
allthingshome.ca/new-homes/ar...
We just published an article on this very question—and it’s now featured by All Things Home.
allthingshome.ca/new-homes/ar...
🏙️ Most zoning codes weren’t designed to make streets feel alive. They regulate what can’t be done — not what should be.
That’s where BuildingIN comes in.👇
That’s where BuildingIN comes in.👇
July 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🏙️ Most zoning codes weren’t designed to make streets feel alive. They regulate what can’t be done — not what should be.
That’s where BuildingIN comes in.👇
That’s where BuildingIN comes in.👇
Toronto wants more low-rise, multi-unit homes… but doesn’t even know what a multiplex is. A 🧵 inspired by John Lorinc’s article (June 5, 2025, The Globe and Mail):
July 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Toronto wants more low-rise, multi-unit homes… but doesn’t even know what a multiplex is. A 🧵 inspired by John Lorinc’s article (June 5, 2025, The Globe and Mail):
🚨 Ontario needs 2.1 million homes in the next decade to meet demand.
The Ford government’s 1.5M target? Nowhere near enough.
📚 Internal docs obtained by @shawnjeffords | CBC
The Ford government’s 1.5M target? Nowhere near enough.
📚 Internal docs obtained by @shawnjeffords | CBC
June 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🚨 Ontario needs 2.1 million homes in the next decade to meet demand.
The Ford government’s 1.5M target? Nowhere near enough.
📚 Internal docs obtained by @shawnjeffords | CBC
The Ford government’s 1.5M target? Nowhere near enough.
📚 Internal docs obtained by @shawnjeffords | CBC
📢 Excited to announce that Rosaline Hill will be speaking at #CIPAction2025 in Toronto!
Her session: “BuildingIN: Rethinking Urban Growth”
📅 Wed, July 9 | 🕒 3:30 PM
Her session: “BuildingIN: Rethinking Urban Growth”
📅 Wed, July 9 | 🕒 3:30 PM
June 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
📢 Excited to announce that Rosaline Hill will be speaking at #CIPAction2025 in Toronto!
Her session: “BuildingIN: Rethinking Urban Growth”
📅 Wed, July 9 | 🕒 3:30 PM
Her session: “BuildingIN: Rethinking Urban Growth”
📅 Wed, July 9 | 🕒 3:30 PM
Canada needs to unlock $2 trillion in housing investment.
But billions are sitting idle—tied up in Letters of Credit.
A new piece by @MissingMiddle shows how surety bonds could help unstick capital and accelerate supply.
But billions are sitting idle—tied up in Letters of Credit.
A new piece by @MissingMiddle shows how surety bonds could help unstick capital and accelerate supply.
June 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Canada needs to unlock $2 trillion in housing investment.
But billions are sitting idle—tied up in Letters of Credit.
A new piece by @MissingMiddle shows how surety bonds could help unstick capital and accelerate supply.
But billions are sitting idle—tied up in Letters of Credit.
A new piece by @MissingMiddle shows how surety bonds could help unstick capital and accelerate supply.
Greater Sudbury’s Planning Committee has taken a big step forward. This June, they directed staff to begin planning the implementation of BuildingIN’s recommendations — now one of 41 official action items in the City’s Housing Supply Strategy. 🏘️
June 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Greater Sudbury’s Planning Committee has taken a big step forward. This June, they directed staff to begin planning the implementation of BuildingIN’s recommendations — now one of 41 official action items in the City’s Housing Supply Strategy. 🏘️
🏘️ Are we building homes—or just housing units?
We’re proud to be featured in @AllThingsHome, where this important question is front and center.
🧵 A thread 👇
(link: allthingshome.ca/new-homes/ar...)
We’re proud to be featured in @AllThingsHome, where this important question is front and center.
🧵 A thread 👇
(link: allthingshome.ca/new-homes/ar...)
June 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🏘️ Are we building homes—or just housing units?
We’re proud to be featured in @AllThingsHome, where this important question is front and center.
🧵 A thread 👇
(link: allthingshome.ca/new-homes/ar...)
We’re proud to be featured in @AllThingsHome, where this important question is front and center.
🧵 A thread 👇
(link: allthingshome.ca/new-homes/ar...)
Low-rise Infill Walkable and Complete Neighbourhoods. At the Ontario Association of Architects Annual Conference, Rosaline delivered a presentation on how form-based zoning and the BuildingIN Program can unlock creative solutions for low-rise infill and complete neighbourhoods.
May 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Low-rise Infill Walkable and Complete Neighbourhoods. At the Ontario Association of Architects Annual Conference, Rosaline delivered a presentation on how form-based zoning and the BuildingIN Program can unlock creative solutions for low-rise infill and complete neighbourhoods.
Strong Towns: Bottom-Up Revolution Podcast. Rosaline Hill, award-winning architect, planner, and founder of BuildingIN discusses the power of infill housing and how simulations and forecasting help cities visualize and advocate for infill housing development.
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
Rosaline Hill: Proving the Power of Infill Housing Development
Rosaline Hill is a registered professional planner and awards-winning architect from Ottawa, Canada. She joins Tiffany to discuss the complexities of housing reform and to explain how she helps munici...
www.strongtowns.org
May 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Strong Towns: Bottom-Up Revolution Podcast. Rosaline Hill, award-winning architect, planner, and founder of BuildingIN discusses the power of infill housing and how simulations and forecasting help cities visualize and advocate for infill housing development.
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
Which comes first: the chicken or the egg? 🐔🥚
In urban planning, it’s a similar dilemma with parking and transit-supportive density. You need density to support transit-but you often need parking first to make that density happen.
In urban planning, it’s a similar dilemma with parking and transit-supportive density. You need density to support transit-but you often need parking first to make that density happen.
May 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Which comes first: the chicken or the egg? 🐔🥚
In urban planning, it’s a similar dilemma with parking and transit-supportive density. You need density to support transit-but you often need parking first to make that density happen.
In urban planning, it’s a similar dilemma with parking and transit-supportive density. You need density to support transit-but you often need parking first to make that density happen.
💡 Municipalities need more housing — but how we grow matters just as much as how much we grow.
Let’s talk about fiscal sustainability and why it’s central to BuildingIN’s approach. 🧵
Let’s talk about fiscal sustainability and why it’s central to BuildingIN’s approach. 🧵
May 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
💡 Municipalities need more housing — but how we grow matters just as much as how much we grow.
Let’s talk about fiscal sustainability and why it’s central to BuildingIN’s approach. 🧵
Let’s talk about fiscal sustainability and why it’s central to BuildingIN’s approach. 🧵
🚨 Canada’s housing crisis needs practical solutions—fast.
That’s why we created the BuildingIN Municipal Partnership Program (BMPP).
It’s designed to help municipalities unlock infill housing potential using real data, smart planning, and expert support. 🏘️🧠
That’s why we created the BuildingIN Municipal Partnership Program (BMPP).
It’s designed to help municipalities unlock infill housing potential using real data, smart planning, and expert support. 🏘️🧠
April 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🚨 Canada’s housing crisis needs practical solutions—fast.
That’s why we created the BuildingIN Municipal Partnership Program (BMPP).
It’s designed to help municipalities unlock infill housing potential using real data, smart planning, and expert support. 🏘️🧠
That’s why we created the BuildingIN Municipal Partnership Program (BMPP).
It’s designed to help municipalities unlock infill housing potential using real data, smart planning, and expert support. 🏘️🧠
Winnipeg is in crisis.
Housing is unaffordable, city land sits unused, and overregulation is stalling growth.
Kevin Klein's latest article calls it out: the status quo isn’t working.
So what comes next?
🧵
Housing is unaffordable, city land sits unused, and overregulation is stalling growth.
Kevin Klein's latest article calls it out: the status quo isn’t working.
So what comes next?
🧵
April 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Winnipeg is in crisis.
Housing is unaffordable, city land sits unused, and overregulation is stalling growth.
Kevin Klein's latest article calls it out: the status quo isn’t working.
So what comes next?
🧵
Housing is unaffordable, city land sits unused, and overregulation is stalling growth.
Kevin Klein's latest article calls it out: the status quo isn’t working.
So what comes next?
🧵
🏘️ Ever wondered how low-rise, multi-unit infill housing can transform municipalities? Follow this thread to see how BuildingIN is making it happen! ⬇️
April 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🏘️ Ever wondered how low-rise, multi-unit infill housing can transform municipalities? Follow this thread to see how BuildingIN is making it happen! ⬇️
Ontario's population is exploding.
🏗️ Homebuilding? Not so much.
In 2024, the province added 353K people — but started just 75K homes.
That's nearly 5 new residents per new unit. 🧵
🏗️ Homebuilding? Not so much.
In 2024, the province added 353K people — but started just 75K homes.
That's nearly 5 new residents per new unit. 🧵
April 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Ontario's population is exploding.
🏗️ Homebuilding? Not so much.
In 2024, the province added 353K people — but started just 75K homes.
That's nearly 5 new residents per new unit. 🧵
🏗️ Homebuilding? Not so much.
In 2024, the province added 353K people — but started just 75K homes.
That's nearly 5 new residents per new unit. 🧵
🚫 Toronto just blocked the kind of housing we should be fast-tracking.
At Gerrard & Main, a “missing middle” project replaced 1 house with 10 spacious, family-sized rentals — including laneway suites.
No gas. No parking. Steps from transit. Built sustainably.
At Gerrard & Main, a “missing middle” project replaced 1 house with 10 spacious, family-sized rentals — including laneway suites.
No gas. No parking. Steps from transit. Built sustainably.
April 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
🚫 Toronto just blocked the kind of housing we should be fast-tracking.
At Gerrard & Main, a “missing middle” project replaced 1 house with 10 spacious, family-sized rentals — including laneway suites.
No gas. No parking. Steps from transit. Built sustainably.
At Gerrard & Main, a “missing middle” project replaced 1 house with 10 spacious, family-sized rentals — including laneway suites.
No gas. No parking. Steps from transit. Built sustainably.
🎤 Excited to announce I’ll be speaking at the CIP Action Conference 2025 on July 9 from 3:30–4:40 PM!
My session: “BuildingIN: Rethinking Urban Growth”
#ACTION2025 #HousingCrisis #UrbanPlanning
My session: “BuildingIN: Rethinking Urban Growth”
#ACTION2025 #HousingCrisis #UrbanPlanning
April 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🎤 Excited to announce I’ll be speaking at the CIP Action Conference 2025 on July 9 from 3:30–4:40 PM!
My session: “BuildingIN: Rethinking Urban Growth”
#ACTION2025 #HousingCrisis #UrbanPlanning
My session: “BuildingIN: Rethinking Urban Growth”
#ACTION2025 #HousingCrisis #UrbanPlanning
🚀 Municipalities: Lead the Way on Housing Solutions! 🏡
Canada’s housing crisis demands innovative solutions. That’s where BuildingIN’s Municipal Partnership Program (BMPP) comes in.
We help municipalities unlock infill potential, streamline approvals, and build more housing—faster. Here’s how: 🧵👇
Canada’s housing crisis demands innovative solutions. That’s where BuildingIN’s Municipal Partnership Program (BMPP) comes in.
We help municipalities unlock infill potential, streamline approvals, and build more housing—faster. Here’s how: 🧵👇
April 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🚀 Municipalities: Lead the Way on Housing Solutions! 🏡
Canada’s housing crisis demands innovative solutions. That’s where BuildingIN’s Municipal Partnership Program (BMPP) comes in.
We help municipalities unlock infill potential, streamline approvals, and build more housing—faster. Here’s how: 🧵👇
Canada’s housing crisis demands innovative solutions. That’s where BuildingIN’s Municipal Partnership Program (BMPP) comes in.
We help municipalities unlock infill potential, streamline approvals, and build more housing—faster. Here’s how: 🧵👇