Our timid thinking, focusing…

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Our timid thinking, focusing on "mid-rise" and "small aparrtment buildings," needs to be replaced with bolder, yet simple ideas, if we hope to reach "the province's housing target of 285,000 new homes." Here are two simple ideas for Toronto planners to consider.

Idea #1 Use the model of the Sheppard subway line, where multiple high rises have been built at each stop. Apply this to the Bloor-Danforth subway line: build five 60-floor, 15-units per floor buildings at each of the 30 stops = 135,000 units.

Idea #2 Map Toronto into 30 single-family home "areas," and build 5-building clusters of 60-floor, 15-units per floor affordable-housing unit buildings, in each of the 30 "areas" = 135,000 units.

Total units = 270,000, including much needed affordable-housing, from two simple ideas...

The last 15,000 units, required to meet the target total of 285,000 over 10 years, could well be the current city proposed "mid-rise" and "small apartment buildings."