No. 23: Disrupting the home ownership paradigm

On BIV Today… A new report UBC report has found that the effect of regulation and zoning constraints on housing prices is six times larger than the effect of speculators. Report author James Tansey (0:47), executive director of the Centre for Social Innovation and Impact Investing, discusses his findings. The City of Toronto’s former chief planner Jennifer Keesmaat (11:18), CEO of the Creative Housing Society, joins BIV in Vancouver to talk smart and sustainable cities. BIV’s weekly tech panel (33:37) examines the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation rules, net neutrality in Canada, and Best Buy’s health care foray. Progressa CEO Ali Pourdad and Exvera Communications founder and CEO Brittany Whitmore join the show. Kirk LaPointe and Hayley Woodin host, see more of their work at https://biv.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.