Co-authored by Jens von Bergmann and cross-posted at MountainMath Many Canadian municipalities are implementing reforms to allow multiplexes in formerly single family areas. These initiatives are d…| Home: Free Sociology!
Sep. 5, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Innovation QNS, a proposed $2 billion development that aimed to bring more than 3,000 housing units to 35th Avenue in Astoria, has been scrapped after the developers behind the proposal shelved their plans for the megaproject. However, the $2 billion development is now likely to yield to several… The post $2 billion Innovation QNS development scrapped, developers to pursue smaller projects appeared first on LIC Post.| LIC Post
Co-authored by Jens von Bergmann and cross-posted at MountainMath. What if zoning was responsive to underlying demand to live in an area? That is, rather than reserving parts of the landscape for t…| Home: Free Sociology!
Co-authored by Jens von Bergmann and cross-posted at MountainMath. The main housing problem in Canada is that there is not enough of it. We can see this by looking at prices and rents, but also by …| Home: Free Sociology!
June 13, 2025 By Shane O'Brien The city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) has released a Request for Proposal (RFP) to develop| LIC Post
Co-authored by Jens von Bergmann and cross-posted at MountainMath. In our new paper “The new rules: housing shortage as an explanation for family and household change across large metro areas in Ca…| Home: Free Sociology!
Co-authored with Jens von Bergmann and cross-posted on MountainMath. Evidence suggests a clear correlation between rents and rates of homelessness in the USA. The simplest interpretation is that ho…| Home: Free Sociology!
Co-authored with Jens von Bergmann and cross-posted at MountainMath How does owning or renting relate to household independence across the life course? How have these relationships changed over recent history? We use Census data from 1981-2021 to check in on historical relationships between age, tenure, and household composition. From these we develop a couple of … Continue reading Tenure and Household Independence across the Life Course, 1981-2021| Home: Free Sociology!
(Joint with Jens von Bergmann and cross-posted at MountainMath) Is there room for new housing? There are lots of ways to try and get at this question, driven by a variety of different value calcula…| Home: Free Sociology!