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For government staff and elected officials: the BCPLM shows every level of public land sitting in your jurisdiction. Federal, provincial, regional, institutional, municipal. Together, in one view. (1/2)
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Helpful if you're working on a Housing Needs Report, OCP update, or funding proposal. Tuesday June 30, 10am PT / 1pm ET: buff.ly/jMAsYsV #bcpoli #housing (2/2)
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For non-profit housing providers: the BCPLM compresses weeks of "who owns it, is it serviced, what's the zoning" into one map.
Due diligence stops being a part-time job.
Tuesday June 30: buff.ly/jMAsYsV
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Rural, Northern and Indigenous communities are routinely excluded from the data driving BC's land-based housing decisions.
The BCPLM is built province-wide.
Tuesday June 30: buff.ly/jMAsYsV
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A mandated, transparent inventory of BC's public land, kept current and open to every level of government, would be one of the highest-leverage housing actions the province could take.
Lit review rec #1: buff.ly/THVJ64w
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The BC Public Lands Map is funded by @cmhc_ca through the National Housing Strategy's Demonstrations Initiative.
It's been shaped by our advisory committee of housing partners across BC. (1/2)
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Thanks to @ahma_bc, @bchousing, @bcnpha, @chf_bc, @BrightsideHomes, @MetroVancouver, and the Province of BC's Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs.
Launch: Tuesday June 30, 10am PT / 1pm ET. buff.ly/jMAsYsV (2/2)
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Most BC non-profit housing providers have had this experience: months of scoping a site, only to find it's not viable. Wrong zoning; slope; environmental constraints; a regulatory layer nobody flagged. (1/2)
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The BCPLM integrates DASH readiness metrics: slope, hazard risk, zoning, regulatory complexity. Visible upfront. Scoping work happens on sites with a real chance.
June 30: buff.ly/jMAsYsV #housing (2/2)
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Housing Assessment Resource Tools (HART) retweeted
Hey Vancouver housing sector!
See you tonight at @UBCRobsonSquare for Thinking Beyond the Market—a free screening and panel with film director @bmdoucet, @hogans_alley's Djaka Blais, @ubcHART's Dr. Craig Jones & @andreareimer.
Register at: events.ubc.ca/event/thinking…
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Why doesn't BC already have a map of its public land?
It does, in pieces. Scattered across systems that don't talk to each other. The BCPLM stitches them together.
June 30: buff.ly/jMAsYsV
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Housing Assessment Resource Tools (HART) retweeted
Happening Monday!
Join us at @UBC Robson Square for a free screening of Thinking Beyond the Market & panel with film director @bmdoucet, @hogans_alley's Djaka Blais, @ubcHART's Dr. Craig Jones & @andreareimer.
🗓️More details and registration at: events.ubc.ca/event/thinking…
Next week!
Come hear from the experts at our free screening of @bmdoucet 's documentary: Thinking Beyond the Market at UBC Robson Square.
Register here: communityengagement.ubc.ca/e…
For more event details, visit: communityengagement.ubc.ca/e…
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New report: a comprehensive review of the laws, policies and systems governing public land use in BC, plus 6 low- or no-cost actions that could unlock major non-profit and affordable housing on government-owned land. (1/2)
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Mandate a public land inventory. Centralize land coordination. Bind affordability into land dispositions. Strengthen intergovernmental partnerships. Read it: buff.ly/THVJ64w #bcpoli #housing (2/2)
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Ontario court rules clearing a Kitchener encampment would violate residents' Charter rights. Premier Ford calls it "the most ridiculous ruling I've ever seen."
Underfunding and restricting affordable and supportive housing for decades is ridiculous.
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Ontario has the largest social housing waitlist in the country. The province cut Toronto's shelter funding by 80% since 2024. Encampments are a housing problem, not a legal one. buff.ly/TCDppdd #onpoli #housing
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Pleased to see the @CityofToronto displaying open data on public land within Transit-Oriented Development areas. Now imagine expanding that map to include all public land (not just city-owned within TOA), everywhere in Ontario.
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Mapping other provinces and territories is possible, it just requires data infrastructure and transparency to make it happen.
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A vacant parcel isn't automatically a good site for housing. Walkability, transit, schools, clinics: these are what determine whether residents can actually live there well. (1/2)
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The BCPLM evaluates every public parcel against proximity to amenities. Tuesday June 30: buff.ly/jMAsYsV #bcpoli #housing (2/2)
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