@LAnderson_Frank In Canada argument was that it was consequence of strict parking minimums and density bonuses? Not sure if Germany has similar regulations
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@DanniMason11 @andyratcliffe9 Danni was such a kind and helpful person to be around. So sorry to hear and thinking of you.
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This is @andyratcliffe9, Danni's husband. I'm so so sad to have to say that Danni passed away last week after a long illness. Her funeral will take place on 9 October and the details are here: poetic-endings.com/celebrating-th…
Please feel free to pass this on to others who knew Danni
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@jo3hill Generally agree - but land is finite. So you need flexibility in programmes where one site can deliver many outcomes e.g. transit-oriented development
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Seems very plausible. One of the issues with 'everything bagel' politics is it's very ineffective economically. Better to have an infrastructure programme, a skills programme and an environment programme rather than making each one about all the others.
James 🇬🇧 👑@TypeForVictory
Increasingly think we would save money and get better outcomes if we abolished environmental assessments and just spent £10bn a year directly on projects. Buy land for wild parks, build reefs/habitats, underwrite mixed farming - instead of paying barristers and surveyors.
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@LAnderson_Frank I'm overreaching a little, but this is why I say de facto x.com/pwaldkirch/sta…
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@LAnderson_Frank Pretty similar political economy and de facto planning system though? E.g. using discretionary planning to get a 'good deal' for local community
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@jamestplunkett @RenewalJournal Loved this. Curious if you have fav examples of policymaking with a relational focus?
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Do we need a new ‘how’ of government? And if so, what is it? And can we be more specific about its elements? A mega 🧵for nerds into the wiring of government, based on a new piece for @RenewalJournal --> (1/n)
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Fascinating read on the politics that enabled the New Zealand land use reforms. Especially interesting from the perspective of recent reforms in BC. And the central insight that breaking through NIMBY opposition requires intervention by higher levels of government.
Eleanor@_westerlywinds
🚨Hotly anticipated new paper! 🚨 The insider scoop on how NZ pulled off its up-zoning miracle, feat. hot takes direct from the politicians and public servants involved - incl. @cjsbishop @PhilTwyford @DavidParkerMP and more! auckland.ac.nz/assets/busines…
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Not just the public sector struggling with accounting approaches to software development
James Patrick Flanagan@PatrickFIanagan
@SMTuffy One (but not the only) factor here is the mandatory amortization of developer costs starting in 2022. Because of forced amortization, a lot of developer salaries fall to the bottom line as taxable phantom "income," which significantly raises the cost of employing developers.
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@c_d_hewson @nickhillman @Ofcom @BBCr4today Saw that @GandonAmy argued for a transition period instead to give everyone a break and avoid confusion around pre-election guidance
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Purdah is a complete mess. We’ve had to cancel a private dinner & reorganise 1/3 of the programme of our Annual Conference because of ppl (over?)interpreting it. Yet apparently it’s fine for Melanie Dawes of @Ofcom to do a high-profile i’view on @BBCr4today. It’s a free for all.
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@danielfoch @BenRabidoux Do you have the link? I can’t fathom how UK is so high in that list….
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Your regular reminder that Canada has the 2nd slowest building permit process in the OECD
3x longer than the US
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For decades, cities only built tall or built sprawl.
We’re changing that — by legalizing four units as-of-right.
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A friend of mine is opening two warehouses 60 minutes from each other in similar neighborhoods. One in Washington State another in British Columbia.
The US one was built and operational in 3 months. The Canadian took 24 months *just* to get gov't approvals required.
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@RazzberryYams This is pretty much all you need maps.app.goo.gl/HF9e5NYsdsYYAM…
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I'm gonna be visiting London again and I need this question answered too.
em ✨🪩@emtheworst
i’m asking this in the nicest way i know how… what UK food is good? what do people recommend other than fish and chips and indian food? lol help
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@JenStDen @TomDavidoff Continually impressed with the Tyee's coverage thanks! Hopefully someone can mockup a new Kits Pool with wave-dissipating bio-enhancing structures
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@Davidjmking @TomDavidoff The sense I got from the interview is that we have to move away from man-made, oceanfront infrastructure and focus on recreational infrastructure that's more in tune with the natural shoreline.
These ideas are explored more here: thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/…
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@JenStDen @TomDavidoff Great reporting. Just confused why the answer is being framed as elusive/impossible? Lots of ocean front lidos exist in far worse climates e.g. jubileepool.co.uk
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Canadian physical retail generally does well.
Would guess that relatively slow online delivery is the cause. Amazon Prime here often means 4-7 day delivery...
Jimmy Scrambles 🇨🇦🇫🇮🎃 🐧 🦞@RazzberryYams
It really is underdiscussed why Canadian malls continue to do just fine.
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@AnnaClarke_____ @AntBreach There are a % where retrofit is risky and densification needed anyway, where demolish/rebuild could work.
Will take time to design incentives and grow market for that though
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@AntBreach I think you're oversimplifying here. But the answer is certainly not to demolish perfectly fine houses rather than fit cavity wall insulation!
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Duncan is right. Much better to just demolish buildings at the end of their life and redevelop the site with nice new buildings, than to spend tens of billions of taxpayers' money pumping mouldy foam into people's walls.
Duncan Robinson@duncanrobinson
Horrible feeling that retrofitting homes will become an extremely expensive cock up in coming years bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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Big UK developers are thought to stifle competition and innovation.
Construction firms being *too small*, also a UK dynamic, may also reduce investment and productivity.
Arpit Gupta@arpitrage
One of the biggest puzzles with housing affordability is why construction productivity growth is so low. This paper by an all-star team suggests an answer: housing regulation lowers scale of builders, limiting incentives to invest in innovative technologies.
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@SimonFParker Agree. Having worked for the UK and BC, difference is MUCH stronger Premier and fewer fiscal events
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