It would be Canada's largest housing development. In addition to being a demonstration of land use under Indigenous authority, it'll be a beautiful example of public lands extracting revenue for public good--in this case the good of the Squamish.https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/senakw-squamish-first-nation-vancouver-rental-housing-development …
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I've been following this for a few months now and what fascinates me the most is, in addition to seeing what Indigenous land use looks like, this is very different by Western standards. You see this in East Asia a lot but not the West.https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2020/jan/03/the-bold-new-plan-for-an-indigenous-led-development-in-vancouver …
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The homes would be mostly market-rate and affordable for Squamish. The logic from the nation's council is straightforward: A) Vancouver is suffering from a housing shortage and they want Squamish to live there B) Being the owners of these homes generates revenue for the Nation.
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A Vancouver city councilmember said the density and lack of parking was inconsistent with the "livability" of Vancouver. But NIMBYs have no power here under Squamish Nation's land use authority
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On October 6-7 theres a conference happening based in Montreal where a Squamish representative will present the project. For those interested link below: https://vivreenville.org/rendez-vous
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