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Housing is a puzzle with many pieces

April 8, 2024

Last week, a proposed mixed-use development on Sherbrook Street in Winnipeg’s West Broadway neighbourhood was made public as the project moved through the city’s approval processes.

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Zoning affects a city’s social fabric

January 18, 2021

All North American cities use zoning to regulate the development of land and buildings. By assigning properties into different categories of parkland, commercial, residential and industrial uses, zoning establishes the rules for what can and can't be built.

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Housing key to deracializing cities

July 13, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the racial inequity that exists in North American cities, with racialized neighbourhoods being hit disproportionately hard by the virus. The solution to combat systemic racism in urban design reads much like the solution to make cities more resilient against future pandemics. At the foundation of the challenge is housing.

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