Thread by @globeandmail

A generation ago, a middle-class income could buy you a detached home in a big city.

Now?

Folks are finding they need to set their sights further and further away from any downtown centre if they want to hold fast to that dream.

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But as populations and climate emergencies rise, experts tell us that urban densification is the necessary path forward.

So what do cities have to do to retain the middle-class?

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And how, exactly, does the middle-class break their addiction to personal space and redefine “making it” when it comes to acquiring housing?

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In this episode of #CitySpace, host @AdrianKLee talks to @jen_keesmaat about why she thinks rental units and high-quality public spaces can reshape what we think of when we think about housing.

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Also on #CitySpace: Rollin Stanley, former General Manager of Planning for @cityofcalgary, details how governments all over Canada should get imaginative with their heritage buildings.

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Also on #CitySpace: @rcarrick talks about why he’s letting millennials off the hook when it comes to housing.

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