Prof *Patrick Condon* to speak at GWAC AGM today Saturday, May 6, 2023 (6 pm start, in person or online): ‘It’s all about the Dirt! – Why new density is a good thing, but unfortunately won’t lower prices’

The public is invited to this annual general meeting of the Grandview Woodland Area Council (GWAC), a non-partisan, non-profit group representing the Grandview-Woodland community, and probably Vancouver’s longest-serving neighbourhood association.

Here is an excerpt from their event notice.

Guest speaker: Professor Patrick Condon, the UBC James Taylor Chair in Landscape and Liveable Environments

Join us in-person at the Britannia CFEC room or via zoom for our GWAC Annual General Meeting

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86540230936?pwd=QXIzQmJXdzlNdEM4QmZFUEVHelNEQT09
Meeting ID: 865 4023 0936, Passcode: 265386,

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kxzAL3Y7I

Our guest speaker will be Professor Patrick Condon, the UBC James Taylor Chair in Landscape and Liveable Environments, with his presentation:

It’s all about the Dirt! – Why new density is a good thing, but unfortunately won’t lower prices

Much of current city policy, as embodied in the Broadway plan and the city-wide Vancouver plan is based on the presumption that insufficient housing supply is the reason for high prices.

Solution? Upzone the whole city for massive potential population and housing unit increases. Sadly, if your objective is more affordable housing, there is little evidence that this will help.

Come discuss the way forward for Vancouver with Professor Condon and GWAC. 

If you’d like to get involved with GWAC or join the Board of Directors, please contact us for more info at: info@gwac.ca