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Infill

The biggest cost driver of our taxes is urban sprawl. Infill is how Edmonton grows without it, and every new rowhouse seems to set off a fight. Here's everything I've covered, newest first.

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The coverage

  1. Video Edmonton council is being forced to break the law When she was announcing her shortsighted and anti-democratic overturning of Edmonton's zoning bylaw, she said she would force Edmonton to have a public hearing, and then dictate their votes. That's…
  2. Video "Who cares about an election?" – Edmonton's anti-infill organizers dismiss democracy "Who cares about an election? No one does." That's what organizers behind the campaign opposing the zoning bylaw have to say about local democracy. And they walk the talk: they used their connections…
  3. Video The UCP will require Edmonton to repeal its zoning bylaw Danielle Smith will be forcing Edmonton to repeal its zoning bylaw. After opponents of infill had their agenda soundly rejected in the last municipal election, they, and other UCP loyalists within…
  4. Video Landlord tears: the most important housing affordability metric
  5. Video This city report is making me question if anything I know is real This report in response to Edmonton city council is surreal. Councillors know that the biggest cost driver increasing our taxes is urban sprawl and the associated infrastructure. So they requested a…
  6. Video Zoning complaints in Edmonton are giving me Deja Vu
  7. Video "Renters should have to live on arterial roads" - infill opponents say the quiet part loud
  8. Video Edmonton is earning an extra $62M/yr from new infill development
  9. Video Dovercourt infill: is it worth chaining myself to a tree over this? Here's the facts about infill in Edmonton: very, very, VERY few 7 and 8-plexes are actually being constructed, and the ones that are represent an exceptionally small proportion of housing stock being…
  10. Video Edmonton massively revamped its zoning, and now housing is getting more affordable

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