Living in Toronto is undemocratic. I'm fortunate to have a good income and I can afford to buy a home. However, a large portion of the city core is unattainable to me. Central neighbourhoods like the Annex, Queen West or Leslieville have no inventory.
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There should be grants for middle income earners to build additional units on their lots. These are the people who would be willing to build additional units. You have to make it viable to construct. Also, tiny homes should be as of right and should not be subject to development charges.
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It is very simple. Implement the recommendations of the Affordability Task Force, in their entirety. Also work with municipalities on funding levels to ensure adequate staffing levels across all departments who need to approve projects.
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Changing provincial legislation and regulations to mandate that municipalities allow Semi-detached, Townhouse/Rowhouse and low rise apartments in existing Single Detached Housing neighbourhoods would provide more opportunities for missing middle housing and address current issues around housing choi
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National and local research consistently finds that a growing percentage of millenials and downsizing baby boomers desire attached or mixed-with-commerical residential units because of their “place” factor.
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The proposal to add up to 4 dwellings where only one is permitted puts growth and development in the hands of individual home owners. Currently developers are almost exclusively supplying the growth we need to house our future population.
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I think Ontario should be a leader in sustainable development and should be increasing opportunities for affordable housing while not increasing sprawl and development of agricultural and natural lands. This is a great proposal.
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Question 1:
- NIMBYism - public comment is valuable and shouldn't be done away with completely HOWEVER neighbours should not have 'veto power' nor should folks in charge. places are designed to change overtime - if they don't change they die!
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The Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals (CAHP) in partnership with its Ontario Chapter, OAHP, respectfully submits the following comments related to ‘Opportunities to increase missing middle housing and gentle density’, as part of the Ontario’s More Homes for Everyone Plan.
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Please find attached Conservation Ontario's comments on “Opportunities to increase missing middle housing and gentle density, including supports for multigenerational housing" (ERO#019-5286).
Conservation Ontario thanks the Province for the opportunity to provide feedback on this proposal.
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Discussion Questions
Question 1:
- NIMBYism
- Joint and Several Liability prevents municipalities from sharing approvals for construction across jurisdictions.
Question 2
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Hello,
Please find attached a letter in response to this ERO posting. Town staff will follow up with a Council resolution on this item once available.
Town of Ajax
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Please find attached City of Kitchener report DSD-2022-192 and related Attachment A, as well as DSD-2022-199 (addendum to report DSD-2022-192) and related Attachment A. Four documents in total.
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See attached report and Council resolution below from the Township of Woolwich. Thank you
This email will serve as formal notification that the following resolution was ratified by Council on April 25, 2022:
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We do need more housing. We have many empty buildings in the province. I'm sure there are some, maybe a lot, which could be used for housing with renovation. Please consider encouraging owners to renovate and let's get housing that is appropriate for all.
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