/newsroom/taxonomy/term/9568/all en /newsroom/david-wachsmuth Wed, 28 Apr 2021 21:14:13 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 261969 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-federal-budget-2021-330534 <p>The federal government unveiled its spending plans to manage the remainder of the COVID-19 crisis and chart an economic course in a post-pandemic Canada. The Liberals’ first budget in two years outlined the government’s plans for a national child-care system, including what strings will be attached to any spending. There were also measures to boost the supply of affordable housing and money aimed at greening the economy as the Liberals look to chart a path for promises on climate change.</p> Mon, 19 Apr 2021 20:28:39 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 260536 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/globe-and-mail-covid-19-pandemic-prompts-urbanites-rethink-grand-bargain-dense-city-living-322099 <p>The current pandemic will change cities, experts predict, the way infectious disease outbreaks influenced the development of urban centres in decades past. ƽ���岻�� urban planning professor <strong>David Wachsmuth</strong> said cities have historically gone through cycles of densification and what he called “spaceification” — for example, after the Second World War when the federal government encouraged people to move from city centres to the “healthier” suburbs.</p> Mon, 11 May 2020 13:49:02 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 210416 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/high-cost-short-term-rentals-new-york-city-284310 <div>A <a href="/newsroom/files/newsroom/channels/attach/airbnb-report.pdf">new report</a> from ƽ���岻�� Urban Planning professor <a href="/urbanplanning/people-0/wachsmuth">David Wachsmuth</a> and his team provides an analysis of Airbnb activity in New York City and the surrounding region in the last three years (September 2014 - August 2017). Relying on new methodologies to analyze big data, here are <span>some of the findings:</span></div> <div> </div> <ul></ul> Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:00:46 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 32904 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/nyt-report-slams-airbnb-nyc-raising-cost-housing-284303 <p>A report from critics of Airbnb says the vacation rental website is driving up rental prices and reducing housing availability in New York City. The analysis published Monday comes from a researcher at ƽ���岻�� in Montreal and was commissioned by the Hotel Trades Council, a union of hotel workers...</p> <p>More at: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/01/30/us/ap-us-airbnb.html">New York Times</a></p> Tue, 30 Jan 2018 11:40:04 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 32903 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/airbnbs-impact-canadian-housing-markets-269333 <p> Thu, 10 Aug 2017 17:51:45 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 32164 at /newsroom