Single Serves ep. 312 - Cousins Wilson on the Preservation of Social Housing

There has been a lot of talk on this podcast about housing, missing middle and the current challenges that much of the western world, and particularly Canada is experiencing when it comes to housing, its affordability and availability.

Enter Tura Cousins-Wilson, co-founder of SOCA, with partner Shane Laptiste, who have caught the public’s attention over the last couple of years with daring and innovative proposal, often centred around preservation of existing buildings.

I invited Tura to join me on the podcast to talk about the preservation of social housing as a way to increase the housing supply without throwing the modernist baby with the bathwater and demolish buildings that, in spite of not love at the present moment, present architectural qualities that Cousins-Wilson think are worth preserving.

Listen in to see what Tura has to say on the topic.

{Recorded in April 2022 during IDS Toronto}

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