Worth following @puzycki.bsky.social and his Substack, City of Yes: www.ryanpuzycki.com

This is happening already--WA & OR have re-legalized SRO-style housing. We need to look at prohibitive factors and address them. Bringing SROs back into the urban mix could be an overlooked ingredient in the ultimate recipe for restoring affordability and easing the homelessness crisis.

The author points out that cities now have huge amounts of vacant office space. Subsidized office-to-housing conversions could recreate low-cost units with shared facilities. Points to research done on this typology by @genslerdesign.bsky.social and @pewresearch.org www.gensler.com/blog/pew-stu...

So, should we re-legalize and bring back SROs? Single room occupancy housing once provided flexible and affordable options for people on the margins -- all margins. Today it has almost disappeared.

NOEMA's been rolling out bangers this year. In "The Last Days of Social Media" @jamesosullivan.bsky.social sketches out a hopeful little map to help us design our way past the current slopstorm and lay groundwork for the next, better thing. Well worth your time.

This is the take. Behaviour clearly reads that no accountability is anticipated through democratic process.

Not saying they’re underfunded. My point is it’s understandable that the new chief brings a tin cup to her first appearance at council. For an effective tenure she needs to make a solid first impression with her force first—public later.

Let’s be fair. From a leadership angle, this is a pretty standard opening move for an outside boss. The new Chief needs to establish herself with all her reports as an advocate for the department. Her first words with Council should push to improve the worst pain points outlined by her team.

By the same author: a less-technical, but thoroughly-reasoned rundown of common questions & objections to supply-side housing solutions through urban densification:
michaelwiebe.com/blog/2024/09...

*Stares pointedly at #HamOnt*