As I write this, my city…

As I write this, my city effectively has no affordable housing to speak of. What it does have, however, is a downtown core of empty office buildings and unsold, overpriced, investor-owned condos that could easily be converted into affordable housing units that would be of immense help to the epidemic of homeless people in the area. Building more mansions on the greenbelt (which, if I remember correctly, Ford promised he wouldn't do) is *not* going to help address that problem. It is *not* going to provide affordable housing to everyday people like myself, or those who need it most direly. All it is going to do is line the pockets of land developers by building even more inaccessible ""luxury"" housing that no average person can realistically afford. I strongly oppose these amendments and I would like to respectfully remind Mr. Ford that "building more homes faster" will only address the housing crisis if those homes are accessible and affordable for all Ontarians, not just the wealthy few.