Removing wetlands will be…

Removing wetlands will be detrimental to wildlife, and climate change mitigation as it will increase the risk of flooding, without considering the increase in carbon emissions of those commuting as the urban area expands into the greenbelt. Furthermore, increasing the number of housing units will not bring increased affordability, what will increase affordability are measures to control the earning and investment potential of housing units. We cannot keep going at this rate, increasing the number of units will not bring the value of those units down. Neither will a guaranteed number of "Affordable housing", these are not affordable, I have seen the programs firsthand, and nobody I know with under 80k yearly income can afford them except investors. Look at the mean even median household income, and move from there, rent cannot be 50% of household income, most of us living here have no option but to pay that much. Where is the government that is allowing this abuse of power to take hold? As long as housing units are seen as investment properties, the affordability of both buying and renting will not decrease. We need rental cap, we need to guarantee that no housing unit is left empty within the city center. In conclusion, expanding into the greenbelt will be detrimental short and long term and will not solve the problem.