An embarrassment that this man is invited anywhere to talk about housing. He's just a denialist.
Colleen
As for the claim that the Growing Up Guidelines are just a suggestion, I would challenge the writer to find me a high-rise project from the last five years that doesn't meet the bedroom quotas. They are rare, yet high-rise haters continue to insist that all units are for the dreaded single people.
Mayor Chow: you know what you need to do.
Still preparing for The Purge this fall in Ward 15. toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/2026-candi...
Also, this footnote inspired me to try out the new City Hall Watcher Live search feature to find that time Councillor Pasternak was caught on hot mic saying "I hope it doesn't lose" about an OLT settlement that he voted against. Success: live.cityhallwatcher.com/october-11-2...
Much to say about this article but I'll start with the claims that kids don't or can't live in "skyscrapers" (the building under discussion is 15 storeys) when the census data show that such neighbourhoods have way more kids than nearby low-rise. (left: land use, right: kids/km^2)
About the government not knowing about family-sized units, it depends on the stage of the project but you can find lots of examples with a brief search. At Quayside, there are 4-beds being subsidized. Some complained because this brings the % affordable down (because 4-beds take up more floor area).
This is a big opportunity. Toronto's Official Plan has become a mess. We got a new Chapter One with some lofty goals, all of which are undermined by the later chapters that prioritize low-rise Neighbourhoods over new homes, equity, the environment and more. Let's just start over.
Falsely claiming that high-rises don't have families in them seems to be the latest socially acceptable way of hating on them. If you want to support families:
* single stair for midrises
* tall building guideline changes for better layouts
* stop councillors chipping away at multiplexes, parking
Colleen
Colleen
As Alex says, 4-bedrooms are expensive to build, so you tend to get more of the profitable units (bachelors and 1-beds) on the market rate side in order for the cross-subsidy to work. www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis...
