Exploding real estate values and gentrification are changing the face of neighborhoods in Montreal, Canada.
"It was early one Saturday morning when Leanne Staples awoke to the thunder and rattle of what felt like an earthquake shaking her house.Bleary-eyed and still in her pyjamas, she jumped out of bed only to find it wasn't an earthquake at all - it was an eviction notice, in the form of a sledgehammer hitting the wall...Ted Wright has a gentrification equation. To find out where the next hot neighbourhood will be, 'go to a rundown area and see who's buying. Then pick 10 or 15 buildings and see who owns them. If they are people who don't live in the neighbourhood, that's a good indication it's already being gentrified.'
Thanks to Daniel Gill
FULL STORY: Tenants uprooted as rents rise
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‘Complete Streets’ Webpage Deleted in Federal Purge
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Supporting Indigenous Land Reclamation Through Design
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A Plan to Expand Tree Canopy Across Dayton
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Decarbonizing Homes: The Case for Electrifying Residential Heating
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Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
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Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.
UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
City of Piedmont, CA
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research