.@CheryllCase executive director of CP Planning and a member of a city hall roundtable on expanding housing options, believes the city’s next step should be to specifically INCENTIVIZE affordable units as part of the added density. 1/4 #HamOnt as well!
She pointed to (Toronto) city’s recent legalization of laneway suites, & noted that many resulting units came onto the market at luxury prices. 2/4
Without dedicated policies to ensure it’s affordable, you won’t actually see the new development be serving lower or moderate-income households,” Case said. If the city’s goal was to open up neighbourhoods to a wider variety of residents, she suggests specific subsidies 3/4
or priority timelines for development approval if multiplexes include affordable units. 4/4 thestar.com/news/gta/2023/…
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Vienna’s city (pop-1.89 million) government owns and manages 220,000 housing units, which represent about 25 percent of the city’s housing stock. These city-owned housing units, called social housing, are meant primarily for lower-income residents.
The city also indirectly controls 200,000 units that are built and owned by limited-profit private developers but developed through a city-regulated process.
The city buys land deemed suitable for residential development and retains control over the type and nature of development. The city then solicits proposals from various private developers, which will build and retain ownership of the housing units