Affordable housing and urban planning nerd. Feminist. They/them.
St. John's, NL
Joined August 2017
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The forced evictions of encampment residents on Hastings Street in Vancouver are a violation of human rights. (1/2)
If you, like me, love rental market data, or if you don't and but you want to know about the rental housing market here in St. John's, you an read about it here:
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In which I opine on the new short-term rental accomodation regulations and talk about why this was never going to solve our housing crisis:
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1/2Because my friends and family know I'm obsessed with housing, they ask me questions.
So yesterday, two different people (whom I adore and who are kind, caring humans) asked me some variation of, "But do you really just house people even though they do drugs?"
Yes. Yes, you do.
TIL from 2006-2016:
-median market rents increased 26%
-average renter household income increased by 13%
-social assistance (in NL, couldn't readily find aggregate national data and I have a paper due) rates increased by slightly less than 9%
Proud to share this summary paper I wrote on "Housing Journeys Reimagined" as presented by @adriennepacini, @joshbenard and @mbraithwaite72 at the @CHRA_ACHRU congress this spring!
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I'm so proud of the results of the Green Kickstarter Fund- $260K to 29 projects that prove small actions can = big impact on both the environment & tenants' quality of life! Shoutout to @bkclifford whose contribution to this work was absolutely essential.
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Hope Jamieson retweeted
This is a problem.
Only 26% of renters in Canada said they can comfortably afford their rent payments, with money left over, and a new survey shows that renters in units owned by large corporations are more likely to face poor living conditions. iheartradio.ca/virginradio/w…
Just saw a job posting for an executive director position at a local nonprofit.
The low end of the salary range works out to $30k.
The salary you need to make to afford the average rental apartment in St. John's is ~$36k.
Why are nonprofits putting their staff in poverty?
Victoria's population density: 495 people/km2
St. John's population density: 244.8 people/km2
We built a sprawling city w/ a decades-long obsession with single-family homes. We need to reckon with that if we want efficient transportation systems and healthier communities.
It's incredible how many times you get aggressively passed by drivers when you're cycling in St. John's only to end up at the same stoplight at the same time.
In which I break down just how things got this bad, and what we should do instead of what we're doing now
"With much chatter about the challenges of finding affordable (and available) rental housing, it seems important to ground ourselves in the numbers and think about how we can reverse this worrying trend."
An Op-Ed by @HopeJ709
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Being a part of the board of SJSOWC is awesome. I'm grateful to get to contribute to the mission of this organization and support the crucial role we play in the community. If you have questions about our work or what it's like to be on the board, pop me a DM!
There's still time to submit your application to the Green Kickstarter Fund! Email me with questions: [email protected] 🌳🧑🌾🌻
3 days left to submit your green projects to receive up to $10,000 to carry them out ($15,000 for northern org.)!
Il ne reste plus que 3 jours pour soumettre vos projets verts pour obtenir jusqu’à 10 000$ pour les réaliser (15 000$ pour les org. du Nord)!
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