I live in Terra Cotta in…

I live in Terra Cotta in Caledon and am under the authority of Niagara Escarpment Commission, Credit Valley Conservation, and the Town of Caledon for my property. Part of the protected Greenbelt. And I'm also a licensed real estate broker for the last 12 years. I understand better than many our housing crisis as I live it every day with my clients. There is no one solution to the housing crisis. There are so many more things we could be doing to help the create more housing than cutting into the Green Belt. Changing the Green Belt will change our water and water flow. Areas downstream will have higher chances of flooding or have a rising water table. Wildlife and protected species will be affected. Smog will be increased in the GTA. And so much more. Why not consider other options first? Why not change housing codes so that single family homes can be converted to two and three family dwellings - duplexes and triplexes? Why not change the Planning Act to permanently include laneway housing, carriage houses, and second dwellings on properties? Why not give tax incentives to those that add that secondary housing on their property? Or convert to duplexes & triplexes? Why not give incentives to builders to build more family friendly apartment buildings that are 3 bedrooms to increase the rental market, which does not have enough of these like in other cities in North America. And there should be incentives given to builders who build townhouses and semi-detached properties - there is an enormous gap in the market between condos and single family residences. There is not enough housing in between those two - if you build that - which also houses more families - you help to fix that gap. Update our out-of-date infrastructure by creating public transit that actually works efficiently and easily that takes people from anywhere in the GTA so that they can live in Peel region and commute to their job or shopping. There should be a task force set up to tackle this multi-solution problem. Not saying that cutting into the Greenbelt is going to fix the housing problem. It'll only add to it.