Let's create more affordable density w/ mixed housing types. We need walkable, bikeable neighbourhoods with frequent transit.
Apr 30, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
.@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
Apr 27, 2023 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
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.
