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Cake day: June 7th, 2023

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  • We need better infill policies.

    My fear is that we’re going to have huge amounts of federal funding coming in to municipalities to build massive swaths of suburban sprawl in the name of additional housing, putting more fuel on the fire that is car dependence.

    Even new developments that have “mixed-use” multifamily are depressing to be in when they’re completely isolated from the rest of the city and you can only go in or out with a car.










  • I’m curious to see if Build Canada Homes is going to include any kind of support for non-market or co-operative housing. I looked it up last year to see what the requirements are to secure funding from CMHC, and I found that unless you’re an established developer, and/or have considerable pockets, and/or already own significant areas of empty land, it just isn’t feasible to start a new housing co-op from scratch. The barrier to entry is too large.

    It should be made easier for smaller co-operatives to get started with buildings under 10 units to better fit as urban infill instead of the current requirement of 32+ units which would need to get pushed to the outskirts of the city where land is cheaper and more available.