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Home / 2018 / November / 13 / Dumping the duplex? Cognitive dissonance and Vancouver City Hall
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Dumping the duplex? Cognitive dissonance and Vancouver City Hall

Nov 13, 2018

Several UBC professors were quoted in a Georgia Straight article about housing in Vancouver since a new NPA councilor has moved to reinstate the ban on duplexes.

UBC sociologist Nathan Lauster said that allowing duplexes offers a step forward to a more inclusive, vibrant and sustainable city.

Tom Davidoff, an economist at Sauder School of Business, tweeted, “Can you imagine your first big act as councilor in a housing crisis being to reenact exclusionary zoning?” Alex Hemingway, a public policy expert at UBC, agreed.

“The discussion a rational council would be having is how do we move towards building apartments in these areas, not how do we go back to detached only,” he said.

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