The Tyee · Vancouver Sun
Patrick Condon
Publishing · On our record since 2015
Where this writer stands
Housing4 pieces
Public supply and demand controlsMarket supply and deregulation
“Even as home prices fall some, the market alone cannot deliver affordability for working families.” Read the piece
Fiscal policy1 piece
Higher taxes and public spendingLower taxes and tighter spending
“Fund these startup costs through a robust tax on land value increases consequent to upzoning (the community amenity contributions tax is our local version of that).” Read the piece
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Recent work
- The Bigger Condo Bailout No One Is Discussing | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jul 8, 2026
- The Angry Backlash Against Vancouver’s Council Was Avoidable | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · May 31, 2026
- Vancouver’s Real Estate Drop: A Chance to Reset Affordability Policies | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jan 11, 2026
- Vancouver May Get a Major New City Plan. It’s Not Enough | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Oct 27, 2025
- Vancouver Is About to Blow a Chance for Transit Area Affordability | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Sep 11, 2025
- Memo to Carney and Robertson on Fixing Housing | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jul 28, 2025
- Can We Build Needed Housing While Preserving Local Democracy? | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Mar 19, 2024
- Good Idea! BC’s Cities Vote to Make Homes Affordable | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Sep 25, 2022
- Should ‘Vacancy Control’ Be a Ballot Issue? | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Sep 12, 2022
- The Jericho Lands Need a Human-Scaled Rethink | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Apr 5, 2022
- Why the Greens’ Housing Platform Is the Best | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Sep 15, 2021
- Vancouver Looks Poised to Sell off False Creek South | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jan 2, 2020
- Titanic Lack of Focus May Sink Vancouver’s Chance to Make Housing Affordable | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jul 23, 2019
- Faceoff: Two Experts on the Best Way to Address Vancouver’s Housing Crisis | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jul 8, 2019
- Am I the Last Voice against SkyTrain to UBC? | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jan 28, 2019
- Vancouver’s Land Tax Idea: Good, Bad and Ugly | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jan 1, 2019
- Vancouver’s Booster Class, Greed and the Real Estate ‘Play of the Century’ | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Dec 2, 2018
- So Kennedy Stewart Truly Loves ‘The Growth Side of Things’ | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Nov 5, 2018
- Subway to UBC? What No Mayoral Candidate Dares Say | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Oct 15, 2018
- One Brilliant Example of How to Rezone Vancouver for Affordability | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Sep 26, 2018
- The Real Ballot Question in Vancouver Is Worth Billions | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Sep 17, 2018
- Timid Tinkering and Partisan Politics Won’t Fix Vancouver’s Housing Crisis | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Sep 13, 2018
- How Vancouver Can Pay for the Housing We Need | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Aug 28, 2018
- Hard Questions about Vancouver’s New Affordability Approach | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jul 18, 2018
- Opinion: Wanted: New Vancouver chief planner, can start immediatelyEditorial · Vancouver Sun · Nov 21, 2015