Bryan Beatty’s Post

My blog post on 3 fundamental changes needed to land use planning - meant for consideration and conversation. Yes, there are advantages and disadvantages; however, my main point is fundamental change is needed (and it goes well beyond the provincially mandated changes). Just crying that development isn't affordable doesn't change anything - it isn't affordable for developers, local governments or potential purchasers, and existing taxpayers continue to fund the gaps. My online blog is: https://lnkd.in/gDCeJ_9f

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BLOG 📝 | As we progress our research with Bennett Institute for Public Policy, we are understanding the range of motivations for private owners and developers to provide space for communities, as well as the sticky issues that can stand in their way. Ailbhe McNabola writes about why the owners of private buildings and land may look to provide space for #communities – and why those who wish to empower communities should care about this too. 👇 https://lnkd.in/ekPG_AxD

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I speak a lot about letting local communities advance their economic development agendas by making their own zoning and land use decisions, which entails facing both rewards and consequences stemming from those decisions; and against centralizing power at state level, which would implement rules across the board that not all municipalities will have the installed capacity -or will- to implement. Perhaps this graphic explanation will help me make my case.

Many will have read or at least be aware of Alan Kohler's 'The Great Divide: Australia's Housing Mess and How to Fix It' (The Great Divide) published in Quarterly Essay in late 2023. The Great Divide focuses on housing affordability and the sharp divergence between the rate of growth in incomes and housing prices from about the year 2000 onwards. As a finance journalist, Kohler tends to focus at the broader economic and political 'story' level. This works well enough for his discussion of the demand side, the economic drivers, but what about his consideration of the supply side? A paper newly published at the link below identifies significant shortcomings in the supply-side arguments and concludes that The Great Divide should not be used to inform planning policy. Such policy instead needs to: be clearer about the quantum and causes of housing supply shortfalls; understand the real housing supply and price effects of planning regulations to better inform approaches to those; consider how to best provide for continued medium density housing development in the inner-middle suburbs in the face of apparent gentrification; fully consider the costs and benefits of a range of options for expanding urban land and housing supply, including various types of urban redevelopment and expansion. Such supply-side factors need to be considered in the context of the apparent significance of the current taxation regime in establishing the pricing structure for housing and land for housing in Australia. https://lnkd.in/gE63YeHQ

Just released. An IMFG Paper on reforming statutory council public hearings for land use planning. The abstract states "This paper considers the continued relevance of statutorily required public hearings as effective forums for participation in planning in Canada, and whether provincial and municipal governments should seek to reform or remove them from the planning process. We examine the entire rezoning and amendment process in four cities: Toronto and Brampton in Ontario, and Vancouver and Surrey in British Columbia. Based on our analysis, we find that statutory public hearings are a necessary part of the planning process, but in their current form are ineffectual forums for public participation. We suggest several reforms to address their current failings."

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Just released. An IMFG Paper on reforming statutory council public hearings for land use planning. The abstract states "This paper considers the continued relevance of statutorily required public hearings as effective forums for participation in planning in Canada, and whether provincial and municipal governments should seek to reform or remove them from the planning process. We examine the entire rezoning and amendment process in four cities: Toronto and Brampton in Ontario, and Vancouver and Surrey in British Columbia. Based on our analysis, we find that statutory public hearings are a necessary part of the planning process, but in their current form are ineffectual forums for public participation. We suggest several reforms to address their current failings."

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