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

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government announced a Standardized Housing Design Project this fall, with the goal of streamlining permitting processes and building more homes faster. An estimated 20 per cent of Canadian households experience energy poverty due to the disproportionate cost of heating their homes compared to their incomes.

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It Won't Be Over Soon: How Will COVID Change the World?

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The new sensibility has companies, states, local governments and institutions scramble for more equity and less institutional and systemic racism in what they are doing. A sensibility that is palatable almost everywhere, except in the current federal government. Experts warn, that things won't go so smoothly.

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Scottish Architecture News: Buildings in Scotland

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Supported by the Scottish Government, the Award recognises the contribution housing makes to social and cultural conversations and rewards innovation. The Scottish Government has agreed that Fife College can progress to the next stage of its project to deliver the first net zero tertiary education building in Scotland. 24 Nov 2021.

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The Future of Cities: Back to Basics?

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Many depend on the the federal government for a bail-out. The authors estimate that about 18% of office workers will continue to work from home for 3-5 days a week. The city that is no longer needed for shelter, production, markets, shipping or as a center of office and finance provides an opportunity. San Francisco: 20%).

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