He's got 215,000 YouTube subscribers and millions of views. The urban planner and YouTube creator Uytae Lee sits down with Sabrina Maddeaux and Mike Moffatt to have a fun and wide-ranging conversation about housing and the systemic hurdles to building more of it. Uytae shares insights on creating engaging content about housing, urban planning, design and the realities of YouTube monetization. The discussion also touches on the challenges of prefabricated housing, the need for innovation and some free advice for the new prime minister of Canada.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:14 Understanding the B.C. housing situation and housing taxes
04:12 Getting lucky with single egress video
05:41 The impact of building codes on housing
08:49 Creating engaging YouTube content
12:55 The reality of YouTube monetization
14:34 How long it takes to make an About Here video
15:41 Are you hopeful about housing?
17:44 Political discourse on housing
18:15 Caution around factory built homes as a panacea
21:30 Uytae’s favourite form of housing
23:35 Good governance could mean good housing policy
25:17 Immigration, housing and the backlash
27:24 Start with what you want to create and work backwards
Research/Links
Why North America Can't Build Nice Apartments (because of one rule)
How Breaking Rules Could Create Better Apartments
Why is it So Hard to Mass-Produce Housing?
How a SoftBank-Backed Construction Startup Burned Through $3 Billion
How Elevator Rules Cost Us Homes: An Interview with Market Urbanism
Eight Pieces of Housing Advice to the Prime Minister
Hosted by Mike Moffatt & Cara Stern & Sabrina Maddeaux
Produced by Meredith Martin
This podcast is funded by the Neptis Foundation and brought to you by the Smart Prosperity Institute.
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