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Originally Posted by Colin May

Planners have more knowledge than I and often give US cities/municipalities as examples. Such rules also include provision of housing for those with disabilities. We have to figure out how to maintain diversity of the population without pushing certain groups out of the urban core.
Time for HRM to bring together developers, planners and citizens in a public forum longer than a few hours. Waiting for the province or the feds is not the answer.

Here is a good link : http://wcel.org/density-bonus

" In many cases, a non-profit housing organization takes over the management of bonus dwelling units designated for non-market housing. For example, a 62-unit project in Sidney included the construction of six non-profit units in exchange for two of the market units. The non-profit units were allocated to the Capital Region Housing Corporation. "

and this paper :http://munkschool.utoronto.ca/imfg/u...line_final.pdf

http://www.ci.encinitas.ca.us/index....=%2Findex.aspx

and here : http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/publicati...o/socio046.pdf

Thanks!