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Federal and provincial housing supply efforts shouldn’t jeopardize affordability and climate resilience.

Westeck News

government announced a Standardized Housing Design Project this fall, with the goal of streamlining permitting processes and building more homes faster. Constructing new homes and buildings that emit less carbon and meet higher standards for energy efficiency is both a necessity and a catalyst for positive change.

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Everybody wants a 3 bedroom condo until they see what they cost

Brandon Donnelly

Ratcheting down or eliminating development charges (and other government levies) on larger suites is one of them. A lot of this has to do with construction costs and other unavoidable diseconomies of scale, but there are other things we can do. Should there be another financing solution for larger homes?

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Reduce, re-use, re-imagine: How to slow climate change by slowing urban sprawl by Keith Walzak, Director at Cushing Terrell

aasarchitecture

Findings from the report — approved by 195 governments and based on more than 14,000 studies — also showed that aggressive, rapid, and widespread cuts to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, if they begin immediately, could limit warming beyond 2050. Rather than constructing a new building, we can think about reusing existing structures.

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Competitions: Tender for Schematic Design and Foundation Pit Design of CGN New Research Center Pre-qualification Announcement

Bustler

The project funding is self-financed by the enterprise itself. 2) Cooperate with the design development and the construction document design to realize the project effect. Provide design consultation to the owner and government authorities. The foundation pit construction document design is allowed to be sub-contracted.

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Competitions: Tender for Schematic Design and Foundation Pit Design of CGN New Research Center Pre-qualification Announcement

Bustler

The project funding is self-financed by the enterprise itself. 2) Cooperate with the design development and the construction document design to realize the project effect. Provide design consultation to the owner and government authorities. The foundation pit construction document design is allowed to be sub-contracted.

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HarborPlace: How not to make a deal

Community Architect Daily

"The full weight of city government is ready to make this a reality. The bills are intended to create the zoning necessary to permit the proposed size of the project which cannot be built with the existing Urban Renewal Plan and current zoning in place. This gives everyone a chance to mull this over.

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Updated ADU Laws: SB 897 and HCD’s ADU Handbook

Santa Cruz Architect

Just recently, Freddie Mac updated their ADU financing options and CalHFA extended their ADU Grant Program to help even more homeowners build backyard homes. While the Senate voted to pass the law, it will need to be re-reviewed by the Committee on Governance and Finance before it can be passed into law. Retroactive Permitting.

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