More Homes Built Faster Act…

More Homes Built Faster Act 2022: Bill 23. I oppose the following in Bill 23:
- Changing the criteria required for heritage designation of buildings and districts.
- Giving ministerial power to override heritage protection.
- Eliminating third-party appeals of planning decisions to the Ontario Land Tribunal by community organizations and residents -- only developers and municipalities will have that right. And those people are so greedy. Only money guides them.
- Imposing “intensification”
- Crippling the Heritage Register by making it impossible to keep a property listed for more than 2 years.
- Weakening the regulatory ability of Conservation Authorities to protect people and property from natural hazards.
- The new process to amend heritage plans are the bedrock of heritage protection. I strongly oppose any changes designed to diminish protections.
- Impact on affordable housing - several aspects of Bill 23 – charging that it will undermine municipal programs that create affordable housing, speed up the loss of existing affordable homes, and cut regulations that protect tenants from renovictions. Incredible!
- The City of Ottawa will not have the financial resources to provide local infrastructure in tandem with new development, leading to a choice between increased costs for taxpayers or less infrastructure
-Bill 23 goes far too far in favouring developers at the expense of taxpayers.
- Any self-respecting city protects its heritage. Take for example Georgetown (Washington, DC) and several European cities, they benefit and have benefited from their heritage policy.
-The government should pay attention to these successes.