Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
8%
2 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans strongly right
of the writing, not the subject · beta estimate
Publisher signals
67/100
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It can be easy to be pessimistic about the potential for zoning reform to solve America's housing crisis.
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reform → solve → crisis
Time and again, headlines herald a major zoning reform that ultimately proves unproductive.
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that → herald → reform
Those in need of a deregulatory white pill need only look to the First Nation housing developments rising around the city of Vancouver, Canada.
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Those → look → Vancouver
Development in Vancouver itself is hemmed in by the standard thicket of zoning restrictions and urban growth controls.
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Development → hem → restrictions
That's not the case on a 10-acre former rail yard owned by the Squamish Nation.
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That → own → Nation
In 2002, a Canadian court ruled that the government had to return some of the land seized from the nation a century ago.
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government → rule → nation
A consequence of the transfer was that the Squamish land was freed from the labyrinthine land use controls constraining housing growth in the rest of the metro area.
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land → free → area
In 2019, Squamish Nation voters exercised their newfound freedom to build by approving via referendum a 6,000-unit residential high-rise development known as Senakw.
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voters → exercise → Senakw
It's one of several First Nation housing developments being constructed in ultra-high-priced metro Vancouver.
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It → construct → Vancouver
Many of the homeowners in the low-slung areas of municipal Vancouver near the Senakw project did not care for Hong Kong levels of density in their backyard.
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Many → care → backyard
Local elected officials decried the development as little more than a revenge plot by the Indigenous peoples.
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officials → elect → peoples
But the Squamish Nation's control over its own land meant these complaints had no legal force.
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complaints → mean → force
The best the homeowners could do was petition the then-queen to intervene on their behalf.
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homeowners → do → behalf
She declined.
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She → decline → ?
The first tenants began moving into Senakw this May.
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tenants → begin → Senakw
Throughout the greater Vancouver region and other parts of Canada, more First Nations are using their freedom from land use regulations to build new housing developments.
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Nations → use → developments
In addition to the exclusively Squamish Senakw, MST Development Corporation, jointly owned by the Musqueam Indian Band, Squamish Nation, and Tsleil-Waututh Nation, is in the process of developing six separate projects across 160 acres of land.
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Corporation → own → land
Vancouver's First Nation housing developments have something for everyone.
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developments → have → everyone
Leftists can sing the praises of the people choosing to turn their communally owned land into social housing, complete with dedicated low-income units.
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Leftists → sing → units
Greens can enjoy the fact that the Senakw project is being built with a minimal number of parking spaces.
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project → enjoy → spaces
Libertarians can correctly point out that this experiment in carbon-neutral, socialized housing was made possible by radical deregulation and the capital provided by private, profit-seeking developers.
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experiment → point → developers
While it's being built by a miniature nation-state, investors are only providing the capital needed for it because they expect to profit from the market rents the new units will fetch.
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units → build → rents
The only people who still manage to be upset are the NIMBYs.
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who → manage → ?
This article originally appeared in print under the headline "Vancouver's First Nation YIMBYism."
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article → appear → headline
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