Can you address or put it to the cities on the ghost hotels built on developer tax breaks and variances? There are entire buildings going up under the guise of providing housing only to be permanent fixtures on airbnb and booking.com. This is not housing. It is infuriating. Rich developers getting richer and rich owners getting richer. Love your stuff!
A member of the FCA went through all in the individual site plans and discovered that, if Built, they would add up to more units than our 10 year Goall! Builders need to build.
And Now city planners are going way beyond the densifications agreed in the official plan and R4 agreements. Way beyond what the elected representatives signed off on in their draft zoning by laws,
They have nullified two years of work by volunteers representing communities.
The city has no power or resources to create 15 minute Neighbourhoods. It is a myth….they can’t tell developers to put retail on main streets, and local retailers cannot afford their leases if they do. They can’t create space for parks let alone look after them. Forget more or better community centres for recreation and community building. And forget local parking lots…you can’t have them under the new zoning bylaws. And forget saving the thousands of trees in established Neighbourhoods now that set backs are so small.
New builds will never meet family needs especially with people working from home. And older people want to stay in their homes because they live longer, can welcome kids back when they lose their jobs or just want to visit with the grandchildren .
We are only going to solve the affordable housing problem by stopping private equity from buying up single family homes as assets, stopping money laundering, and lowering real estate fees, and investing more public funds in housing.
If the Official Plan and new zoning by laws were about the environment there would be requirements for more solar on buildings and tighter building codes. If it is about equity, then the City would require a decent percentage of new builds to be set aside for low income residents. If it were serious about integrating social services into more areas of town, it would ensure that the hosts work with neighbours to address their fears.
If it cared about moving people out of homes or making housing affordable for young families it would not call a two bedroom unit a family unit at 740 SF. It would require family friendly apartments buildings and work to ensure there were enough walkable child care centres and schools for the 450units per hectare they envision. They would not allow only on parking spot for up to 18 units were there was just one hose before?
It is all seeming like an attack on the middle class, and a con to line the pockets of developers.
Now there a plan. Attach a sustainablity investment approach. You have a sustainable solution. The road block that nay be over come with a little innovation & even more 21st vision. Is tge 20th century horse & buggy silo I have run into for the last 5 decades. Closed mines to changing what works for a privileged few. All in the name of what in the best interest of the community. As change is a bitch.
Can you address or put it to the cities on the ghost hotels built on developer tax breaks and variances? There are entire buildings going up under the guise of providing housing only to be permanent fixtures on airbnb and booking.com. This is not housing. It is infuriating. Rich developers getting richer and rich owners getting richer. Love your stuff!
A member of the FCA went through all in the individual site plans and discovered that, if Built, they would add up to more units than our 10 year Goall! Builders need to build.
And Now city planners are going way beyond the densifications agreed in the official plan and R4 agreements. Way beyond what the elected representatives signed off on in their draft zoning by laws,
They have nullified two years of work by volunteers representing communities.
The city has no power or resources to create 15 minute Neighbourhoods. It is a myth….they can’t tell developers to put retail on main streets, and local retailers cannot afford their leases if they do. They can’t create space for parks let alone look after them. Forget more or better community centres for recreation and community building. And forget local parking lots…you can’t have them under the new zoning bylaws. And forget saving the thousands of trees in established Neighbourhoods now that set backs are so small.
New builds will never meet family needs especially with people working from home. And older people want to stay in their homes because they live longer, can welcome kids back when they lose their jobs or just want to visit with the grandchildren .
We are only going to solve the affordable housing problem by stopping private equity from buying up single family homes as assets, stopping money laundering, and lowering real estate fees, and investing more public funds in housing.
If the Official Plan and new zoning by laws were about the environment there would be requirements for more solar on buildings and tighter building codes. If it is about equity, then the City would require a decent percentage of new builds to be set aside for low income residents. If it were serious about integrating social services into more areas of town, it would ensure that the hosts work with neighbours to address their fears.
If it cared about moving people out of homes or making housing affordable for young families it would not call a two bedroom unit a family unit at 740 SF. It would require family friendly apartments buildings and work to ensure there were enough walkable child care centres and schools for the 450units per hectare they envision. They would not allow only on parking spot for up to 18 units were there was just one hose before?
It is all seeming like an attack on the middle class, and a con to line the pockets of developers.
Now there a plan. Attach a sustainablity investment approach. You have a sustainable solution. The road block that nay be over come with a little innovation & even more 21st vision. Is tge 20th century horse & buggy silo I have run into for the last 5 decades. Closed mines to changing what works for a privileged few. All in the name of what in the best interest of the community. As change is a bitch.