The Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) is pleased to provide a response to this posting (please see pages 12 - 15 of the attached submission). AMO is a non-profit, non-partisan association that represents municipal governments across Ontario.
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Please remember that retrofitting existing buildings through adaptive reuse is faster, far less labour intensive and has much less of an environmental impact than tearing buildings down to build new ones.
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If the government is truly interested in building more affordable housing quickly they would creatively repurpose existing buildings instead of tearing them down, rezoning, etc. We have many existing buildings that could be quickly converted that are under utilized.
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We need more education around the major potential of adapting and using existing structures more efficiently to house more people more quickly and more inexpensively than building new.
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One of the things that would enhance middle housing is to allow basement apartments or suites, or even loft conversions ---- for extended family or for rental units, without allowing any Air B&B rentals.
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I am eager to see innovative and PROVEN approaches to adding additional housing space without reducing green space. I see farm land rapidly being snatched up and developed with nothing being returned to green space.
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This effort seems to me to be a total red herring. Rather than proper public consultation this interface is flawed & seems designed to avoid any real participation.
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Discussion Questions
Question 1:
• What are the biggest barriers and delays to diversifying the types of housing built in existing neighbourhoods?
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1. Build less new and restore and re-use more old buildings. You save money, save worthy buildings, save trees which we desperately need for carbon reduction and you follow the mantra of re-use recycle, reduce!
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Thank you for giving me an opportunity to plead for the return of established, modestly sized, residential housing to people who intend to live in houses all twelve months of the year, year after year.
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Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on ERO 019-5286, Opportunities to Increase Missing Middle Housing and Gentle Density, including Supports for Multigenerational Housing.
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Your four questions are heavily weighted in favour of developers capitalizing on the perceived need for missing middle housing and "gentle density" housing.
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There seems to be serious lack of understanding behind the purpose and current practice of heritage conservation in Ontario. The conservation of a cultural heritage resources is a provincial interest and a significant part of creating livable, healthy and sustainable communities.
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Please find attached Grey County's comments regarding the Bill 109 changes and the associated housing consultations including comments regarding opportunities to increase missing middle housing and gentle density, including supports for multi-generational housing.
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The developers are moving into modest neighbourhoods, buying affordable houses, tearing them down and putting up monster homes. The worst is when a modest bungalow with a decent sized lot is torn down, the lot is split and two monster homes are built on two narrow lots.
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As a millennial who has seen many of my peers struggle to find affordable housing, I support the proposal to allow as-of-right densification in existing neighbourhoods. Other initiates I would support:
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