Beautiful. Affordable. Urban. Green. Making affordable rental a great, and first, choice.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined March 2018
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[Toronto] 85 new #AffordableRental homes are opening at 500 BLOOR ST W (#MirvishVillage).
48 units will be filled through not-for-profit community partners + 37 units will be via open #HousingLottery.
Application DEADLINE = MAR. 6, 2023 at 5 PM (EST)
mirvish-village.com/affordab… – at Toronto, Ontario
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Today is #NationalHousingDay – a day to reflect on the importance of housing and the important work being done to improve it.
Watch Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Housing share his message on this important day.
Comment below and share why #HousingMatters.
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Paris isn’t afraid of reinvention. *New* Invisible City podcast with Advisor to the Deputy Mayor of Paris, @MarionWaller. Listen: itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/…
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Global change makers are lurking in your city. Listen in to this NEW EPISODE where I chat, in Vienna, with one of the co-founders of @UrbanFuturesConf, the brilliant Josephine Liu: soundcloud.com/invisiblecity…
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Mississauga has identified securing middle-income housing as essential to the future of the city. Individuals and families are being priced out of market housing. Inspiring conversation Mayor @BonnieCrombie today. #AffordableRental teapawt.org/bonniecrombie/status/1…
Chatting with @jen_keesmaat about building creative, affordable rental housing and how municipalities can work with not-for-profits & developers to build complete communities.
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Toward zero parking: this is a sign, a clue, to how big of a priority redesigning our streets for walking and cycling should be. Development industry is making buildings without parking, work. There is market demand for car-less living. urbanland.uli.org/economy-ma… HT @UrbanLandInst
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The pursuit of happiness and how we live: U.S. Millennials find happiness in cities, not small towns. citylab.com/life/2018/06/mil…
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What’s needed to build housing faster? Disruption to the building industry. “Productivity in construction has not only not risen, it’s actually lower now than it was in 1968.” Here, an integrated approach to design/construction is advocated. citylab.com/design/2018/06/c…
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Excellent report with relevance to #Toronto, from #Boston: Building the Middle. Enormous concern that *not* addressing key workforce housing will kill economic growth. boston.uli.org/wp-content/up… HT @ULIBoston @ULIToronto @TorontoRBOT @CreativeHsg
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Inspiring to spend so much time with the Chief Planner of Oslo, Ellen de Vibe. We complete eachother’s sentances... and I’ve learned so much. (Including the fact that it has taken tenacity to implement a vision here, too.) teapawt.org/canadanorway/status/10…
Conversation at #FutureBuilt2018 between Jennifer Keesmat and Ellen S. de Vibe of @Oslokommune about urban innovation, engagement, and the green shift.
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Affordable housing, #Oslo. Built in a matter of weeks, using timber. #PassiveHouse design. Stacked units, carefully laid out. An international best practice, and part of the #FutureBuilt2018.
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Jennifer Keesmat speaking about complete communities and best practices from # Toronto #Canada here at #Futurebuilt conference. – at Asker, Norge
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Mayoral race issues in San Fran: “All support increased residential building, particularly below-market-rate units. All cite the need for housing the middle class — teachers + nurses + police officers who work in the city but can’t afford to live here.” sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti…
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Great talk on designing cities of the future by @jen_keesmaat. Key features include:
- Community spaces
- Affordable transit
- Employment opportunities for all
- Clean air, land and water
- Green spaces
...AND
- AFFORDABLE HOUSING
#uoftreunion #creativehousing
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"We've become a city of extremes," says @jen_keesmaat while discussing Toronto's average individual income. #UofTReunion
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Vienna is a safe haven for renters of most income levels and demographics (including students, refugees and the elderly). Is there a clue here for all cities with respect to how we ensure everyone can thrive? spacing.ca/vancouver/2017/05…
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Westbank is a founder, among others, of Creative Housing. They are a separate entity with separate structures/objectives. I do not speak for Westbank, as your tweet suggests. But, you might find it interesting that Westbank’s latest project in Toronto is 900 units, 100% rental. teapawt.org/zeroshorts/status/1002…
Has @westbankcorp decided to go 100% social & non-market Govt-funded rental housing & "end of home ownership" as suggested by their @jen_keesmaat?? Does Westbank's new Creative Housing head Ms. Keesmaat suggest Westbank should end its luxury condo ownership development business? teapawt.org/so_mayb/status/1002389…
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@jen_keesmaat proposed that the end of home ownership may be the beginning of our shared prosperity by treating housing as housing, not a commodity, and creating purpose-built affordable rental housing to make cities liveable for all. @udibc #REDTalks2018
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@jen_keesmaat believes transportation should be designed to create a more livable environment, to get from everywhere to everywhere, and achieve access to the city for everyone. Inspiring talk at Smart Transit: Unlocking the Smart City @BoardofTrade
